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RED-TAILED VANZOSAUR Vanzosaura rubricauda
Another cool-looking Microteiid with an even cooler name. Skink-like it is instantly recognisable by its striped body and contrasting red 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 areas, especially in the cerrado zone.
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(FPREP416PH) FIGURE 1 - Adult lateral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
(FPREP417PH) FIGURE 2 - Same individual lateral (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
(FPREP418PH) FIGURE 3 - Same individual dorsal (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
(FPREP419PH) FIGURE 4 - Same individual head detail (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
(FPREP420PH) FIGURE 5 - Same individual ventral (Karina Atkinson Para La Tierra June 2010).
(FPREP567PH) FIGURE 6 - Adult lateral, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith June 2011).
(FPREP568PH) FIGURE 7 - Same individual dorsal (Paul Smith June 2011).
(FPREP566VI) VIDEO - Adult, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Paul Smith June 2011).
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