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Brazil Lizard ID? (1 Viewer)

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Photographed in July at Serra da Canastra NP in Minas Gerais at about 3500 ft elevation in arid cerrado habitat. Some features and behavior was somewhat reminiscent of old world chameleons, but it is obviously not one of those.
 

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Recently discovered it is probably in the genus Polychrus, possibly the Brazilian Bush Anole (Polychrus acutirostris). This also has the common name point-nosed false chameleon according to my Bradt Pantanal Wildlife guide.
 
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