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Seen at Borneo Rainforest Lodge. I think this is a different lizard to the one by the fungi. Any help with identification would be appreciated.
Possibly a many-lined sun skink I am told
With the skies overcast reptiles like the Fan-htroated Lizard often emerge late from their hiding spots to warm-up their bodies in the sunlight. This os the best time to capture them as their slow and let you approach very close.
Photograph taken many years ago in Matobo Hills National Park, Zimbabwe. Medium was slide, which has subsequently been converted to digital.
"The sagebrush lizard (Sceloporus graciosus) is a common species of phrynosomatid lizard found at mid to high altitudes in the western United States of America. It belongs to the genus Sceloporus (spiny lizards) in the Phrynosomatidae family of reptiles. Named after the sagebrush plants near which it is commonly found, the sagebrush lizard has keeled and spiny scales running along its dorsal surface.
The sagebrush lizard is similar to the western fence lizard, another Sceloporus species found in the western US. The sagebrush lizard can be distinguished from the western fence lizard in that the former is on average smaller and has finer scales. The keeled dorsal scales are typically gray or tan, but can be a variety of colors. The main (ground) color is broken by a lighter gray or tan stripe running down the center of the back (vertebral stripe) and two light stripes, one on either side of the lizard (dorsolateral stripes). S. graciosus will sometimes have orange markings on its sides.
Three regional races of the sagebrush lizard are recognized: the southern sagebrush lizard lives in Southern California, and the western and northern races are found in many western states, including Oregon, Idaho, Colorado, Montana, Washington, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming, and Arizona"
from Wikipedia.
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