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MAXIMILLIAN´S BLUE-TAILED MICROTEIID Micrablepharus maximiliani
A cool-looking skink-like lizard that is instantly recognisable by its striped body and contrasting blue tail. It is a rarely-recorded lizard (more likely because of the difficulties involved in catching and observing it than because of actual rarity) and occurs in dry grassy and forested areas, especially in the cerrado zone.
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FIGURE 1 (FPREP413PH) - Adult lateral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
FIGURE 2 (FPREP414PH) - Same individual dorsal (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
FIGURE 3 (FPREP415PH) - Same individual ventral (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
FIGURE 4 (FPREP431PH) - Adult lateral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra July 2010).
FIGURE 5 (FPREP432PH) - Same individual dorsal (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra July 2010).
FIGURE 6 (FPREP433PH) - Same individual scale detail (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra July 2010).
FIGURE 7 (FPREP434PH) - Same individual tail (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra July 2010).
VIDEO (FPREP565VI) - Adult with regrowing tail, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith June 2011).
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