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Size: Up to 76 mm SVL*; 170 mm TL* The
Cayman subspecies shows some small variation in colour
from the Jamaican species. This lizard has tiny legs
with smooth scales giving it a glossy look. It has a
gray-brown body with darker lateral stripes extending
from the snout through to the eyes and on to the sides
of the body. The tail is pale yellow or orange. This
lizard is quite striking due to the fact that the tail
is such a different colour from the rest of the body.
The belly is white or pale yellow. The galliwasps are
very secretive and difficult to find. Habitat seems to
be associated with Sea-grape trees near a beach or deeply
shaded forests usually under leaves, palm fronds or debris.
It seems to slither like a snake when exposed, racing
away and disappearing into holes in rocks. Very little
is understood regarding this lizard’s biology.
It very likely its diet would consist of insects. Young
are born live and number only two or three at a time. |
