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Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)
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The Tree Lizard is from the order Squamata. Species from this order are amphisbaenians, lizards or snakes.

 


Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)
Description: 1 7/8" to 2 1/4" snout-vent length; to 5 3/8" overall. Color mottled tan to brown. Gular fold across throat. Row of enlarged scales down back broken by a central row of smaller scales.

Tree Lizard (Urosaurus ornatus)
Lizards Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas ...

ORNATE TREE LIZARD Urosaurus ornatus
DESCRIPTION: A small (up to 59 mm or 2.3" from snout to vent), slim, gray, gray-brown, or tan lizard with an ornate pattern of thin, dark lines on top of the head.

Ornate Tree Lizard
Urosaurus ornatus
As you might guess from the name, these lizards are good climbers and are commonly found in low shrubs and small trees.

Lizards in the Agamidae family include: agamas, dragons, tree lizards, sailfin lizards, and other agamids.

Tree lizards, birds, small mammals, and other small arboreal vertebrates
INCUBATION:
45-52 days ...

The tree lizard thrives amid the varied manicured landscapes, scampering up the trunks of palm trees, scaling stucco and cinder block walls, and dodging in and out of the slats of wood fences.

Diet in the wild: Rabbits, rodents, pacarana, pacas, agouti, young peccaries, monkeys, lesser anteater, iguanas, tree lizards, frogs, crabs, and small turtles.
Diet in the zoo: Chicken necks and carnivore diet ...

In its lizard form, it is called he ngaha, but in the Wanganui, he piri rewa, or tree lizard.

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See also: Lizard, Reptile, Gecko, Fence Lizard, Leopard