Monday, March 10, 2014

Week #2. This week we have Gastropholis prasina!






"Commonly" (a very relative term as they aren't commonly referred to at all) named the Green keel bellied lizard for all of you non Latin lovers (myself excluded there) are endemic to an Eastern portion of the African peninsula, Tanzania, as well as Kenya to be precise. They reside in the canopies of trees and therefore are not seen frequently, not only in the wild, but also in herp collections.  Here are a few photos. Special thanks to Steve Cemelli from www.leapinleachies.com  for the pictures taken without his knowledge :)  enjoy!  Here are some videos as well:



Here's the second vido, this guy recently finished eating a cricket.  I tried to get a video of him eating, but it didn't go as planned.  The video gives you a different perspective on the lizard none the less.



And here is a third video of them eating some prepared carniverous diet from a pair of tongs.


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