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Davew
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Posted: 19 Dec 2005 at 12:29pm |
A while ago I posted regarding Lizard sp seen regularly at Alanya in the south east of Turkey when I was there in June of 1995. I've actually found a very rough photo which I've expanded a bit - does this help? They were particularly common and seen in most habitats. Thanks for any help. |
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herpetologic2
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Hi Dave Looks like a agama species to me - the nearest thing I found in the Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians of Britain and Europe is the Starred Agama Luadakia stellio - perhaps there are other species in the area I found a research page from the Uni of Cambridge - http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mcwb2/info.html Regards
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Wolfgang Wuster
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It is indeed Laudakia stellio, the common agama of that area (and much of southern Asia Minor) - they are pretty much everywhere, albeit rather shy.
Cheers, WW Edited by Wolfgang Wuster |
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Wolfgang Wüster
School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor http://pages.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/ |
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Davew
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Thanks for the help guys
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Dan Kane
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Yeah, its a Starred Agama
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djp_phillips
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yes Agama, these lizards are great, they look so much lick dinosaures
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