BRIDLED SKINK Notomabuya frenata
Skinks are a distinctive almost cosmopolitan family of cylindrical bodied or slightly flattened lizards. In Paraguay this is the most familiar species and where unmolested is often found around dwellings in rural areas. It usually requires at least some tree cover and a certain level of humidity however and has suffered in competition with the introduced House Gecko Hemidatylus mabouia. Like many other lizards they are able to lose the tail when molested by predators, a new tail eventually grows back!
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FIGURE 1 - (FPREP104PH) Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPREP105PH) Adult lateral, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPREP106PH) Adult dorsal, PROCOSARA PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel December 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPREP107PH) Same individual head detail (Alberto Esquivel December 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPREP108PH) Adult ventral, PROCOSARA PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 6 - (FPREP109PH) Same individual lateral head detail (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 7 - (FPREP110PH) Adult with partially regenerated tail, PROCOSARA PN San Rafael (David Gill March 2008).
FIGURE 8 - (FPREP111PH) Pair, Estancia Estrella, Departamento Concepción (Hugo del Castillo December 2007).
FIGURE 9 - (FPREP112PH) Juvenile, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith August 2008).
VIDEO - (FPREP548VI) Adult, Encarnación, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith April 2011).
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