Scientific Name: Eumeces elegans (Plestiodon elegans)
Chinese Name: 麗紋石龍子 (Li Wen Shilongzi)
Chinese Meaning: "Elegant Striped Little Rock Dragon"
Date: October 21, 2009
Location: Xianji Yan Hiking Trail, Wenshan District, Taipei City
Coordinates: 24° 59' 27.33" N, 121° 32' 44.05" E
These guys are less common and harder to spot than the grey and brown lizards that you see all over the place. They're also extra skittish - the first few times I saw them, I didn't get the chance to take a picture. I've mostly come across them on the slopes of the mountain in Jingmei, but once I spotted one briefly on the Chengchi University campus. This one was basking in the sun on the stairs up to the main trail from the Buddhist Temple near Shih Shin University.
Date: September 26, 2009
Location: Xianji Yan Hiking Trail, Wenshan District, Taipei City
Coordinates: 24° 59' 28.04" N, 121° 32' 39.96" E
This photo's from an earlier encounter. It's not as clear, but you can see the blue tail really well. This one was on the main path that leads up the mountain from Jingmei Night Market. What a beautiful creature!
This is really radical dude! This seems like the kind of project we would have tried to do when we were kids. :)
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