I spent a good forty-five minutes one partly-sunny afternoon waiting for one of the local ameivas to stop moving long enough to get a good picture. If I moved at all, they would instantly dash away and not be seen for at least several minutes. I never did get a good picture; this is the best I could do with a tripod and a 300mm lens.

Here is a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2014 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.

The lizards living on the current grounds of this zoo in Iquitos are native animals taking advantage of the partly-cleared habitat. The largest and most colorful specimens spent most of their time on the inside of a chain-link fence that encircled some grass and a pond with a bunch of turtles. I think they were jealous of the turtles' interpretive sign and wanted one of their own.

My Travelogues and Trip Lists page includes a complete list of the herps I saw in the wild on my 2016 MT Amazon Expeditions trip.

This one was skulking about in the bushes near the reserve buildings.

I was very proud to spot this lizard clambering around near the river's edge while everyone else was only noticing birds, and Giant Otters, and Capybaras, and Jaguars.

A couple more of these lizards skittered about our lodge grounds. In typical Ameiva fashion, this one never stopped for more than three seconds and I don't believe the other one ever stopped at all.