Now, let's take a brief look at the white-lipped tree lizard.

I. Basic information

[Chinese name]White-lipped tree lizard

[Latin name] Calotes mystaceus

【Alias】Arrowmane Horse

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordates

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

【Class】Reptiles

【Order】 Lizards

【Suborder】Lizards

【Family】Iguana Sauridae

[genus] tree lizards

[species] white-lipped tree lizards

II. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: male white-lipped tree lizards have a head length of 9-14 cm and a tail length of 20-25 cm; female lizards have a head length of 7-11 cm and a tail length of 15-20 cm.

2. Features: The body of the white-lipped tree lizard is covered with tiny scales, arranged like an imbricate. The scales on its back are pointed backward, and there is a row of pointed tooth-like hyena scales in the middle of the back, with about 35-52 segments, which are pierced towards the back and upward.

III. Living habits

1. Habitat: The white-lipped tree lizard mainly inhabits the forest margins of Chongzuo and Baise on the Sino-Vietnamese border.

2. Diet: The white-lipped tree lizard mainly feeds on arthropods such as Lepidoptera, such as crickets, beetles and spiders. As long as it catches the insects, it will swallow it in one bite. There are also some white-lipped tree lizards, and their food is mainly plants.

Four. Color-changing courtship

As soon as the late spring and early summer arrive, the white-lipped tree lizards begin to mate and reproduce. Driven by hormones, the male lizard became particularly excited. The color of the bulging throat sac began to darken and quickly spread to the head and chest. The originally blue head and upper body gradually turned orange-yellow, and then turned orange again. Red, with a pair of black patches on the sides of the cheeks. If you see the female lizard looking this way, the male lizard starts to move and dashes in the direction of the female lizard, and then the two lizards quickly entangle together. Scientists have found that some male lizard sperm can remain viable in female lizards for several years.

The above is all about the white-lipped tree lizard, thank you for watching.