Phillips' orangetail lizard, Phillips' shield-backed lizard
Philochortus phillipsi, known commonly as Phillips' orangetail lizard or Phillips' shield-backed lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Horn of Africa.
The specific name, phillipsi, is in honor of British naturalist Ethelbert Lort Phillips.
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withP. phillipsi is a small lizard with a very long tail. A male specimen with a total length of 156 mm (6.1 in) has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 42 mm (1.7 in) and a tail 114 mm (4.5 in) long.
P. phillipsi is oviparous.
