Green Prasinohaemus skink eating an insect. Interesting fact: The oxygen carrying molecule in this lizard's blood is copper based, rather than iron based (hence the Latin genus name). Its blood is green.

Green Prasinohaemus skink eating an insect. Interesting fact: The oxygen carrying molecule in this lizard's blood is copper based, rather than iron based (hence the Latin genus name). Its blood is green.

 

Image ID: west-papua_0625 | Year photographed: 2010

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Country: Indonesia Location: New Guinea West Papua

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