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Size: up to 76 mm SVL, 216 TL, Males are
much larger than females. This lizard has a long slender
head that is more pronounced in males. As with most of
Cayman’s lizards, little is known about its biology,
but the unusually long pincer-shaped snout suggests a
unique feeding adaptation. The colour is capable of changing
from bright yellowish-green to turquoise-blue, gray and
occasionally tan and the throat fan is pale green. Along
the jaw one can see a light stripe. This is an endemic
species – found only on Little Cayman and nowhere
else in the world. When it is excited or stressed, it
can develop pale blue longitudinal lines from head to
tail. Rarely descending from the treetops, it escapes
by climbing to the upper portions of trees and buildings.
Closely related to and probably evolved from a Cuban
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