This lizard is known from four specimens from Tobago. It, or something like it, is also known from Guyana and it is probably a complex of species known as Bachia flavescens. It can be distinguished from the other Bachia in T&T by its quadrangular scales on the dorsum, The other Bachia have hexagonal scales on the dorsum. This lizard also differs from Bachia trinitatis in its ability to use its tail as a spring to propel its body upward.
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