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Amazon Thornytail Iguana
Uracentron flaviceps
-3.25258, -72.9027
Field Notes
Description:
It is an elusive species of medium sized arboreal lizard found in the tropical lowlands of the Amazon Rainforest. They are considered to be ant specialists and exhibit communal nesting and a harem style breeding system in which there is one male to multiple females. - Wikipedia
Habitat:
Tropical Thornytail Iguanas are only found in the Amazon Rainforest, and within the rainforest are generally found in lowland tropical rainforest; usually areas with lagoons, rivers, streams, and palm swamps. They are an arboreal species, spending the majority of their life in high tree tops. They prefer trees with high horizontal branches that allow for basking in the sun during the morning hours, and are almost only found in trees that contain hollow areas accessible through entrances in the tree branches and trunks. No specific species of tree has been found to be favored by the lizards, it would appear the tree structure, rather than the tree species, is what the lizards prefer. - Wikipedia
Notes:
This is the alpha male in Tree 6 of the ACTS canopy access system.
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