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Old 02-05-2008, 01:54 PM
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I've been going through some old photos, and have found a fair few animal photos that I've not yet got around to ID'ing (see other sections of the forum as well...)

Any help with these shots of lizards would be much appreciated!


Taken on Curacao Island off the coast of Venezuela in summer '04 - Green Iguanas?




Taken in the Tulum region of Mexico (Eastern Yucutan) in 2006 - some kind of Iguana?




Taken on the Ugab River, in the region of Khorixas / Uis, Namibia, Southern Africa in 2007. It was around 7" or so in length. I had considered Bibron's, but the patterning doesn't match up terrifically:



Taken in the same region - some kind of Agama - aculeata??, although again the patterning isn't a perfect match:




Taken in Twyfelfontein / Brandenburg region of Namibia - again, some kind of Agama:



Taken in the same region - I had thought Platysaurus sp., although the yellow patterning on the head suggests it's a male, and I haven't found any species where the male looks like that:



Any help with ID's will be much appreciated!

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yeah the top ones definately look like green iggys and the iggys below look a bit like desert iggys. not a clue on the others though but all are great looking lizards!
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First pics a green iggy.
Second pic looks like a desert spiny tailed iggy.
Not sure what the others are.lol

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The lizard with the red head is a rock agama sp.
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The platysaurus sp. is a nabian rock agama.
(the yellow head)
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Do you think the Agama with the orange head could also be a Namibian Rock Agama - just a dull male and a female?
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I think so because i googled them and it showed both of your pics, probably male and female.

If they were both from the same area then its more than likely.
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The Green Iguanas are Iguana iguana rather than I. delicatissima which does occur in the Lesser Antilles. The huge subtympanic scale gives it away (I. delicatissima lacks that).

The rock ig is probably Ctenosaura similis if it is from E Yucatan as that is the only species from the genus in that area.
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Re the gecko, how far into Namibia were you? If you were only just over the border, then it could be Pachydactylus bibroni: if you were a fair way in, then it is most likely Pachydactylus turneri. Apparently the only sure way to distinguish them is by the size of the scales bordering the mental.
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First agama could be Agama atra. Looks like a young one?
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