Juvenile long-tailed lizard

Description:

It is an easily identifiable lizard, at first glance, for having a highly developed tail. Adults reach up to 7.5 cm in length (head-body). The tail is very long, as its name indicates, on the order of two or even three times the length of the head-body assembly.

Habitat:

It prefers to live in bushy and herbaceous places, where, given its coloration, it easily goes unnoticed by its predators. It also frequents degraded pine forests, where it is often seen perched in the pines. It is a characteristic lizard of dry and sunny places, so it is not found in high and mountainous areas.

Notes:

The mating season coincides with the beginning of spring, and at the end of June or at the beginning of July the females lay eight to eleven spherical eggs of small proportions. When they are born, the little ones are already perfectly formed and begin their independent life feeding on small arthropods.