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Snakes and Lizards 111 images Created 22 Jan 2019

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  • Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, with western black-legged tick, Ixodes pacificus, carrier of Lyme disease in California.  Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that fence lizards' blood contains a substance that kills the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, when a lizard is bitten by a tick.  This may explain the relatively low incidence of Lyme disease in California.
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  • Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, Alameda County, California.  Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that fence lizards' blood contains a substance that kills the Lyme disease bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, when a lizard is bitten by a tick.  This may explain the relatively low incidence of Lyme disease in California.
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  • Mojave fringe-toed lizard, Uma scoparia, on the Ibex Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. The elongated scales or "fringe" on its toes give this lizard traction to run over loose, dry sand. Listed as a Species of Special Concern by the State of California due to declining populations and habitat loss.
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  • Mojave fringe-toed lizard, Uma scoparia, on the Ibex Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, California. The elongated scales or "fringe" on its toes give this lizard traction to run over loose, dry sand. Listed as a Species of Special Concern by the State of California due to declining populations and habitat loss.
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  • Desert iguana, Dipsosaurus dorsalis, climbing a creosote bush, Larrea tridentata, to feed on new leaves. Ibex Dunes are in the background. Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Green iguana, Iguana iguana. Captive; native to Central America.
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  • Western Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus, escapes predators by hiding in a crevice and inflating its lungs so it can't be pulled out. Joshua Tree National Park, California
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  • Equatorial anole, Anolis aequatorialis, at San Jorge de Milpe Eco-Lodge, Mindo, Ecuador
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  • Skilton's skink (Western skink), Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus, burrowing into bark and leaf litter, leaving only its tail visible. Mendocino County, California.
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  • Skilton's skink (Western skink), Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus. Mendocino County, California.
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  • Skilton's skink (Western skink), Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus. Mendocino County, California.
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  • Skilton's skink (Western skink), Eumeces skiltonianus skiltonianus, Mendocino County, California.
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  • This Great Basin whiptail, Cnemidophorus tigris tigris, was killed and partially swallowed by a juvenile California king snake, Lampropeltis getula californiae. The lizard was too big to swallow and the snake eventually abandoned it. Desert Tortoise Natural Area, Mojave Desert, California.
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  • Male Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, displays the bright blue markings on its belly. Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Male Desert spiny lizard, Sceloporus magister, displays the blue markings on its throat. Saline Valley, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Timor flying dragon, Draco timoriensis.  A herpetologist is holding the lizard by its tail to show its "wings" -- flaps of skin stretched over modified ribs, which it uses to glide from high branches.  Liquica District, Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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  • Timor flying dragon, Draco timoriensis, a gliding lizard with "wings" -- flaps of skin stretched over modified ribs.  Liquica District, Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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  • Four-fingered skink, Carlia sp., climbing a low shrub near St. Bakhita Mission, Village of Eraulo, Ermera District of Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Wedge skink, Sphenomorphus sp., near Eraulo, Ermera District, Timor-Leste (East Timor). Damage to the tail was probably caused by a bite from a predator, possibly a tokay gecko, Gekko gecko.
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  • A previously undescribed species of night skink, tentatively called Eremiascincus sp. A, from Ermera Province, Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • A previously undescribed species of night skink, tentatively called Eremiascincus sp. B, from Ermera Province, Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Tokay gecko, Gekko gecko, on Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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  • Herpetologist Mark O'Shea holds a tokay gecko, Gekko gecko, on Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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  • Four-clawed gecko, Gehyra mutilata, on Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Timor bent-toed gecko, a previously undescribed species of the genus Cyrtodactylus, using its tongue to clean its eye.  Atauro Island, Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • House gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus, on a banana leaf. Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica
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  • Black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
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  • Black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
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  • Male common basilisk, Basiliscus basiliscus. Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica
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  • Black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis, rests near a parking lot on the grounds of Punta Leona Hotel and Resort, Costa Rica
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  • Photographers Patricia Prettie (left) and Yamil Saenz approach a black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis, on the grounds of Punta Leona Hotel and Resort, Costa Rica
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  • Black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis, in a tree on the shore of the Tarcoles River, Costa Rica
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  • Green iguana, Iguana iguana. Wild, on the grounds of Zoo Ave, a zoo near San Jose, Costa Rica, specializing in native birds.
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  • Green iguana, Iguana iguana. Wild, on the grounds of Zoo Ave, a zoo near San Jose, Costa Rica, specializing in native birds.
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus (Sauromalus ater), near the ghost town of Leadfield, on Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Great Basin collared lizard, Crotaphytus bicinctores. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
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  • Great Basin collared lizard, Crotaphytus bicinctores. Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area, Nevada
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  • Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis, Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Underside of male Western fence lizard, Sceloporus occidentalis.  Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Hind foot of Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata.  Algodones dunes, Imperial County, California
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  • Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata, buried in sand.  Algodones dunes, Imperial County, California
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  • Tucson banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus bogerti, crawling under a cholla branch. Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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  • Tucson banded gecko, Coleonyx variegatus bogerti. Saguaro National Park, Arizona
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Clark's spiny lizard, Sceloporus clarkii. Sycamore Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona
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  • Ornate tree lizard, Urosaurus ornatus.  Sycamore Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona
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  • Desert grassland whiptail, Cnemidophorus uniparens, an all-female species that reproduces by parthenogenesis. Sycamore Canyon, Coronado National Forest, Arizona.
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  • Colorado Desert fringe-toed lizard, Uma notata.  Algodones dunes, Imperial County, California
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  • Side-blotched lizard, Uta stansburiana, in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Zebra-tailed lizard, Callisaurus draconoides, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Shadow of a Mojave Desert sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes cerastes, on sand dunes in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Mojave desert sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes cerastes, rests on a camera in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Dorsal scales of Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus.  Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Dorsal scales of Pacific gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer.  Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Santa Cruz garter snake, Thamnophis atratus atratus, Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Santa Cruz garter snake, Thamnophis atratus atratus, Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Santa Cruz garter snake, Thamnophis atratus atratus, Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, in defensive posture.  Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Tail of Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, in defensive posture.  Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • John S. Cook & Co Bank building, Rhyolite ghost town, Nevada
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  • San Francisco garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia. Federal- and State-listed endangered species. San Mateo County, California. Considered one of the most beautiful snakes in North America, San Francisco garter snakes had the misfortune of evolving in what would become one of the most densely-populated areas of the country. They now live only in a few isolated populations on the San Francisco peninsula.
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  • San Francisco garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia. Federal- and State-listed endangered species. San Mateo County, California. Considered one of the most beautiful snakes in North America, San Francisco garter snakes had the misfortune of evolving in what would become one of the most densely-populated areas of the country. They now live only in a few isolated populations on the San Francisco peninsula.
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  • Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, in a defensive posture, flicks out its tongue to "taste" the air with its Jacobson's organ. The snake's heat-sensing pit is visible below and in front of the eye. Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, in a resting coil. Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Great Basin gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer deserticola, crossing Titus Canyon Road in Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Alameda whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus, a Federal- and State-listed Threatened Species. Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Alameda whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus, a Federal- and State-listed Threatened Species. Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Alameda whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus, a Federal- and State-listed Threatened Species. Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Shed skin of Alameda whipsnake, Masticophis lateralis euryxanthus, a Federal- and State-listed Threatened Species.  Mount Diablo State Park, California.
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  • Pacific gopher snake, Pituophis catenifer catenifer, killed by a car on North Gate Road, Mount Diablo State Park, California
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  • Dog-faced water snake or bockadam, Cerberus rynchops. An aquatic species, it spends most of its time partially or completely submerged in flooded rice paddies; this one was moved onto the grass to be photographed. Baucau district, Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Herpetologist Mark O'Shea photographs a Sunda Island pitviper, Cryptelytrops insularis. Baucau District of Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Herpetologist Mark O'Shea shows the fangs of a Sunda Island pitviper, Cryptelytrops insularis. Baucau District of Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Herpetologist Mark O'Shea shows the fangs of a Sunda Island pitviper, Cryptelytrops insularis. Baucau District of Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Sunda Island pitviper, Cryptelytrops insularis, in defensive posture. The snake's heat-sensing pits are visible between the eye and the nostril. Cosidered an arboreal species throughout most of its range, but in Timor-Leste it is most often found on the ground. Baucau District of Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Sunda Island pitviper, Cryptelytrops insularis, in defensive posture. The snake's heat-sensing pits are visible between the eye and the nostril. Cosidered an arboreal species throughout most of its range, but in Timor-Leste it is most often found on the ground. Baucau District of Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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  • Interpretive sign at Mesquite Flat sand dunes features a photo of a sidewinder by wildlife photographer Dan Suzio. Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Park visitor stops to read an interpretive sign at Mesquite Flat sand dunes, which features a photo of a sidewinder by wildlife photographer Dan Suzio. Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Juvenile Mojave glossy snake, Arizona elegans candida (Arizona occidentalis candida), in a defensive pose. Alabama Hills near Lone Pine, California
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  • Panamint rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii stephensi, crossing a road in Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Panamint rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii stephensi, in Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Panamint rattlesnake, Crotalus mitchellii stephensi, in defensive posture, ready to strike. Wildrose Canyon, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, in defensive pose. Mendocino County, California
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  • Tail of a young Northern Pacific rattlesnake, Crotalus viridis oreganus, showing the single "button" at the end of the tail. Each time the snake sheds its skin, a new rattle segment will be added. Mendocino County, California
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  • Aquatic garter snake, Thamnophis atratus, on a rock in the South Fork of the Eel River, Mendocino County, California. This individual is most likely an intergrade between Thamnophis atratus atratus and Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus.
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  • Aquatic garter snake, Thamnophis atratus, swimming in the South Fork of the Eel River, Mendocino County, California. This individual is most likely an intergrade between Thamnophis atratus atratus and Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus.
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  • Aquatic garter snake, Thamnophis atratus, swimming in the South Fork of the Eel River, Mendocino County, California. This individual is most likely an intergrade between Thamnophis atratus atratus and Thamnophis atratus hydrophilus.
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  • Close-up of a single track made by a Mojave desert sidewinder, Crotalus cerastes cerastes, showing the impressions of the snake's belly scales. Mesquite Flat sand dunes, Death Valley National Park, California
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  • California red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis.  Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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  • California red-sided garter snake, Thamnophis sirtalis infernalis.  Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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  • Chuckwalla, Sauromalus obesus. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, Arizona
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  • Green iguana, Iguana iguana. Wild, on the grounds of Zoo Ave, a zoo near San Jose, Costa Rica, specializing in native birds.
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  • Black spiny-tailed iguana, Ctenosaura similis, on the grounds of Punta Leona Hotel and Resort, Costa Rica
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  • Four-fingered skink, Carlia sp., from the Baucau district of Timor-Leste (East Timor). A previously undescribed species, tentatively called Carlia species 3.  (Specimen HK548)
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  • Emerald tree skink, Lamprolepis cf smaragdina, from the Baucau district of Timor-Leste (East Timor).  While similar to L. smaragdina on other islands, individuals from East Timor are different in significant ways and will probably be assigned to a new species after further study.
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  • Common sun skink, Eutropis cf. multifasciata, near Eraulo, Ermera District, Timor-Leste (East Timor)
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  • Four-fingered skink, Carlia sp., from the Meleotegi River area,  Ermera district of Timor-Leste (East Timor).
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