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13-05-2006, 10:56 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brecon Beacons, Wales
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| | | Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
OK...... I can't believe I'm posting this.....
2 types of lizard in this country......
( I know a few escapees live in the wild too like Lacerta verdis )
Can you please id this one......it was green.....and around 10cm's.
I'm stepping over common lizards all the time here......but it MUST be a common!!
Help
thanks
Andy |
14-05-2006, 07:47 AM
|  | Frozen | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
To be honest, it looks more like a female newt to me! |
14-05-2006, 08:03 AM
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
I'd say newt aswell. The tail is flat for swimming, lizard tails are usually more pointy. |
14-05-2006, 09:59 AM
|  | Commander of the Wild Empire | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Leicestershire
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
I would say a female smooth newt as well.
Matt |
14-05-2006, 10:00 AM
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
newt has my vote too
mike |
14-05-2006, 10:03 AM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brecon Beacons, Wales
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
Ah.....Thankyou. I don't know lot about newts/lizards......found this one in my polytunnel. ...I looked at the feet again this morning and they havn't got claws...
I hope their diet is invertibrates.....I'll have to check!!
Thanks for your help Alan ,Geoff , Matt & Mike  |
14-05-2006, 10:15 AM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brecon Beacons, Wales
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
Triturus vulgaris - and they feed on Slugs ( amongst other things like worms and insects ).....a great freind to have in my polytunnel |
14-05-2006, 11:32 AM
| | Frozen | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: N.E. Lincolnshire
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
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Originally Posted by Polecat Triturus vulgaris - and they feed on Slugs ( amongst other things like worms and insects ).....a great freind to have in my polytunnel | What are you growing in there Andy? |
14-05-2006, 02:28 PM
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
I used to have a pet newt, he was called Tiny................Jon |
14-05-2006, 03:59 PM
| | Wild Member | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Brecon Beacons, Wales
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| | | Re: Lizard Id Please ....... Yes Lizard...really!
Lol Jon....the old ones are.......
Hi Alan,
I should have said my wifes tunnel should'nt I!!! ...... Got peas, peppers, salad, strawberries, onions, brassicas, broad beans, asparagus, carrots, runner beans....shrub cuttings and I expect another dozen plants I can't remember.
I guess from your question newts may also be partial to a wee bit of greener too? LOL
I have to make a pond in there this year.....the newts will like that I rekon! | | |
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