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Topic: Ichnotropis


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  LACERTIDS (Lacertidae): The S African species
Ichnotropis lizards are distinguished by their rough head shields, large keeled overlapping scales on the back and lack of a lacertid "collar".
It is longer-lived than the "annual" Ichnotropis species.
This appears to be one of the longer-lived Ichnotropis species, as both adults and juveniles have been collected together [Branch].
www.cyberlizard.plus.com /lacertids4.htm   (3435 words)

  
 Lacertidae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Elongate lizards with conical heads on distinct necks, long and robust trunks, long moderately thick tails, and well-developed limbs (hind distinctly larger than fore).
Scalation is also fairly uniform with large head scales, granular scales dorsally on the neck and trunk, and enlarged abutting scales ventrally; a few genera (e.g., Algyroides, Ichnotropis, Takydromus) have large, often keeled dorsal scales.
Lacertid scalation and body forms are similar to those of the teiids, although lacertids are usually smaller (Zug et al.
www.embl-heidelberg.de /~uetz/families/Lacertidae.html   (754 words)

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