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Paul DeBenedictis
1960
Habuya brachypoda
Dec 25 8.1 mi N (by road) Manaamillo, Colima, Mexico
Teddy Papenluss caught one of these skinks and saw two others in the coconut trash
of a clear coconut grove at the side of a large lake. We got Electroclecty lids and
Leptodierae maculata here, g.u.
Dec 25 approx. 6 mi N (by road) Manaamillo, Colima, Mexico
I found two of these lizards in a coconut grove,
bet missed both. The area is a bushy thorn forest
with many coconut trees and logs. the first skink
was under the dry fronds of a fallen tree, with
many scorpions. It escaped in the deep litter around
the tree. The second was under a small piece
of coconut litter, about 4x8 inches. It dashed off
in to the bushes when exposed. Gary Beeman saw
a small "turquoise blue" lizard in the litter here
that may have been the young of this species.