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Collared Streak Lizard (male)

Gonatodes concinnatus

Photo by Tukup
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Field Notes

Description:

Smaller smooth skinned lizard with very soft skin. Males are quite colorful with cinnamon colored head, a white neck ring and spotted or mottled green and black body. Seldom to 3 inches.

Habitat:

Found near a house in the Amazon rainforest of SE Ecuador (700 masl).

Notes:

Nearly every time you enter a building you see them scurry off. These photos are of a brightly colored male. For the female see https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/652010740

Reference Links:

O'Shaughnessy's gecko - Wikipedia, Reptiles del Ecuador

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