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AMNH Subway Art #55

Topic Categories: AMNH Subway ArtMy PicturesNYC Through My EyeNYC lifePhotography and cameras
Posted on: February 28, 2008 7:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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I think this is a whiptail lizard, Cnemidophorus species (can you name the species?)
as portrayed in tiles on the stairway of the NYC subway stop (A-B-C)
at 81st and Central Park West. (ISO, no zoom, no flash).

Image: GrrlScientist 2008. [wallpaper size].

Read more about the AMNH tile artworks and see the AMNH tile artworks photographic archives -- with all the animals identified.

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#1

The physical form is a whiptail lizard, but I don't know if there are any solid green ones. I've surfed the internet and haven't found an answer. My first impression was a baby iguana, but that may just be due to my experience in the pet trade. Iguanas are very common in the pet trade and whiptails much less so.

Posted by: JPS | February 29, 2008 1:39 AM

#2

The tail looks like a whiptail, but the body scales are too big. I'd have to say that it looks more like a hatchling Knight Anole (Anolis equestris) than anything else.

Posted by: carel | February 29, 2008 1:21 PM

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