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Ngo Vantri's lady butterfly lizard

Leiolepis ngovantrii

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Field Notes

Description:

Quite a big, maybe 30cm long. It has a hexagon type pattern on it's back/

Habitat:

Sand near a beach

Notes:

Apparently this is an all female species and they self clone. They have only recently been discovered by scientist, although they have been on the menu for along time.

Reference Links:

Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2010] Leiolepis ngovantrii •…

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Comments (1)
SofieMullan
Wow, really amazing picture. Strange how it didn't run away...

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