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Dumeril's Madagascar Swift at Isalo NP This lizard has a positively ridiculous name - you think that it is a bird when you first see it. What is distinctive about this lizard close-up, are the tiny red points that you can see on the neck and shoulder. I assumed that these were ticks when I first looked at the picture but sniffing around the internet has me tending more to mites. Any brilliant ideas? Duméril's Madagascar Swift,Fall,Geotagged,Isalo National Park,Madagascar,Oplurus quadrimaculatus Click/tap to enlarge

Dumeril's Madagascar Swift at Isalo NP

This lizard has a positively ridiculous name - you think that it is a bird when you first see it. What is distinctive about this lizard close-up, are the tiny red points that you can see on the neck and shoulder. I assumed that these were ticks when I first looked at the picture but sniffing around the internet has me tending more to mites. Any brilliant ideas?

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    I agree that they may be mites, but not entirely sure. At least it is something I've seen on several photos of several species. Example:

    Red-Velvet mite nymphs parasitizing a scorpionfly female. University Campus Kortowo-Olsztyn, Poland (July, 2011).<br /> This scorpionfly suffers from an infestation of Red-Velvet mite nymphs, as tentative ID Trombidium rowmundi.<br /> Common scorpionfly,Geotagged,Panorpa communis,Poland,Summer,Trombidium rowmundi
     Posted 8 years ago, modified 8 years ago
    1. View Barry's profile
      Barry
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      Yeah, I did my doctoral thesis on fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) and keeping them in the laboratory mites were the bane of my life! Posted 8 years ago

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The Duméril's Madagascar Swift

''Oplurus quadrimaculatus'', the Duméril's Madagascar Swift or Madagascar spotted spiny-tailed iguana, is a terrestrial malagasy iguana belonging to the family Opluridae.

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Uploaded Apr 16, 2017. Captured Jun 19, 2015 11:28 in 7, Madagascar.
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  • Canon PowerShot SX30 IS
  • f/5.8
  • 1/202s
  • ISO160
  • 150.5mm
Captured in the fall. More fall photos.