Potamites ecpleopus, the common stream lizard , is a species of lizard in the family Gymnophthalmidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Common Stream Lizard being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Potamites strangulatus
- Gnypetoscincus queenslandiae
- Loxopholis parietalis
- Tropidophorus sinicus
- Lepidophyma sylvaticum
- Lepidophyma flavimaculatum
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Gymnophthalmidae
- Genus
- Potamites
- Species
- Potamites ecpleopus
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