Synopsis
These lizards rely on flies as their source of food and water.
- Programme: Mountain: Life at the Extreme
- Series: 1
- Episode: Andes
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Geography | Ecosystems | Desert biomes | Species adaptations in the desert
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