GREEN JUNGLE RUNNER Ameiva ameiva
A large and rapid terrestrial predatory lizard, the Jungle Runner is easily identified by the rows of white spots along his flanks. Only the adults are green, subdaults being mostly brownish above. Though he´s known as a Jungle Runner he is by no means confined to jungly habitat, some of the photos below were taken in urban gardens!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP116PH) Adult, Fuerte Olimpo, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP117PH) Subadult, Bahía Negra, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Paul Smith September 2006).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP683PH) Adult dorsal, San Bernardino, Departamento Cordilleria (Agatha Boveda December 2009).
FIGURE 4 - (FPREP160PH) Juvenile, Laguna Bombacha, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPREP400PH) Juvenile head detail, Asunción, Departamento Central (Sergio Rios 2010).
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