Green keel-bellied lizard

Green keel-bellied lizards spend most of their lives in trees. Females lay clutches of three to six eggs in tree cavities such as knotholes or hollows. After incubating for around 75 days, the young hatch. These lizards are well adapted to climbing thanks to their long prehensile tails, which make up about two-thirds of their body length and help them balance on branches and twigs.

The distribution area of the green keel-bellied lizard is relatively small, less than 5,000 km². The individual populations live far apart from each other in areas of Kenya and Tanzania. Interaction between groups is therefore virtually impossible. Hence, the green keel-bellied lizard is listed as Near Threatened.

The trade of this species is not currently regulated by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).