Blue-Green Smooth-throated Lizard
Liolaemus tenuis
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,372
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇱 Chile
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Liolaemus tenuis, known as the jewel lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Liolaemidae. Other names are thin tree iguana, slender lizard and thin lizard. It is endemic to Chile. It is a relatively small species, with a 5.5 cm snout–vent length. Of diurnal habits, it feeds mainly of insects. It is sometimes kept as a pet.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Liolaemus tenuis”.