Description
The body is lime green with pretty coloured dots and bars on the back. Those reddish dots sometimes form a mid-dorsal stripe, which can be very faint. Males often have a bluish or turquoise coloured tail and lower back. On both sides of the snout, a reddish-brown stripe extends from the nostrils to the eye. The undersurface of the body is off-white. These lizards reach a total length of about 14 cm.
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