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What am i?
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| 10/27/08 07:22pm |
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Buddie001 View Profile |
Message To: MEXICO In reference to Message Id: 1888840 What am i?
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| 11/24/08 05:15pm |
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Nellie View Profile |
Message To: Buddie001 In reference to Message Id: 1904305 What am i?
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| 11/27/08 07:32pm |
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Gottee guy View Profile |
Message To: Nellie In reference to Message Id: 1905864 What am i?
blacklineds (aka giant plated lizards) are darker and more colorful than sudan’s. as you can see in the last two pics, they have a red/orange/yellow stripe running along their side. sudan’s do not. this is 100% a sudan plated lizard--
see,no red/orange/yellow stripe running along its side. this is 100% a blacklined plated lizard--
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| 11/27/08 09:25pm |
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Murdock View Profile |
Message To: Gottee guy In reference to Message Id: 1905905 What am i?
Hello: The Plated you have is the one that typically comes from East African shipments (Gerrhosaurus major grandis). They are known by a variety of names but are probably best called the East African Plated as the Giant Plated Lizard is G. validus which is the largest of the African Plated Lizards. G. m. grandis is also occasionally known as the Rough Scaled Plated Lizard. The other sub-species of this lizard is the Sudan Plated Lizard (G. m. major). The difference is that the Sudan Plated lacks the pattern in the dorsal scales and tends to be a more brownish-red in color. The Black-Lined Plated Lizard is G. nigrolineatus and is related to the Yellow-Throated Plated Lizard (G. flavigularis). Hope this info helps. For some reason this group of lizards seems to be very confusing with the multiple common names some of them are known by. Have a Great Day!!! |
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