Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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And what is a teju? Good question...

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Footage Shown:
Slow motion clip of a Forest whiptail lizard blinking its eye, showing nictitating membrane crossing: youtu.be/jNLUYUh8YUo?si=xdHqlzuVGLvY5IUQ

Bearded dragon blinking: youtu.be/5OHUKn2xZT8?si=nIoTn9UGVZUQ78yW

Looking for 10+ Lizard Species in Panama: youtu.be/d8hbGYqjTYI?si=cKC3MJpA4C3P4_TE

Sources (In the order they’re referenced):
Molecular systematics of teioid lizards (Teioidea/Gymnophthalmoidea: Squamata) based on the analysis of 48 loci under tree-alignment and similarity-alignment: doi.org/10.1111/cla.12150

Northern Spectacled Lizard / IUCN: iucnredlist.org/species/203058/115346975

Not always young: The first vertebrate ancient origin of true parthenogenesis found in an Amazon leaf litter lizard with evidence of mitochondrial haplotypes surfing on the wave of a range expansion: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790318305669

First records of Loxopholis southi (Ruthven & Gaige, 1924) (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) in the Cordillera Oriental of the Colombian Andes: researchgate.net/publication/360259779_First_records_of_Loxopholis_southi_Ruthven_Gaige_1924_Squamata_Gymnophthalmidae_in_the_Cordillera_Oriental_of_the_Colombian_Andes

Loxopholis southi - Predation: researchgate.net/publication/344288280_Loxopholis_southi_-_Predation

Loxopholis: https://www.repfocus.dk/Loxopholis.html