Next to our building is a fenced area which seems to be a defunct vegetable patch.  Someone came with a machete the other day and cut it all down.  I presume it will be cleared later on.

This has revealed a new neighbour -a lizard, definitely Agamidae, possibly Agaminae, with their typical rough skin.  He is about 13cm long, of which at least half is tail, kinked where it was once broken, and he is a sandy colour except for his forequarters and head which are orange.  This colour seems to vary at times and goes from a dull brick to a real flame colour.   He has long thin legs and very long toes and can leap at least three times his own length in pursuit of a fly on the wing.

Under his 'chin' is a black patch and his nape is adorned with a row of blunt prickles.  He spends his time patrolling the wire netting which is the fence, on which some kind of creeper still clings, so we are able to watch him every morning from the kitchen window while we make breakfast..