Male Sand Lizard
Sand Lizards,
These are the rarest of our native lizards and can only be found in a small number locations, the sandy type of heathland they like are very important for them and like the greens a very mild and warmer climate is important too for their breeding. Again these are a egg laying lizard so habitat protection is extremely important for their future.
Males and Females range in pattern design but in the breeding season males do take on a striking green colourisation which makes them unmistakeable from all other types of lizard.
I'm very privileged to see all of our lizards in this year, I have no favourites they are all fabulous to see and deserve our protection of their very important habitats.
Thank you all to everyone who has taken the time to go through all my UK lizard tour today.
This year one of the things I wanted to see was all types of lizard found in the UK, native and introduced Lizard. Over the last few days I managed to see the rarest and last one to spot......the sand lizards.
The native ones are the Slow worm, Common Lizard, and rare Sand Lizard, introduced are Wall and the Green Lizard.
Sand, Wall, and Green are all only found in a small number locations in the UK but all three can be found in Dorset.
Hopefully you can take a look at all of today's update and see all the different types.
Male Sand Lizard
Sand Lizards,
These are the rarest of our native lizards and can only be found in a small number locations, the sandy type of heathland they like are very important for them and like the greens a very mild and warmer climate is important too for their breeding. Again these are a egg laying lizard so habitat protection is extremely important for their future.
Males and Females range in pattern design but in the breeding season males do take on a striking green colourisation which makes them unmistakeable from all other types of lizard.
I'm very privileged to see all of our lizards in this year, I have no favourites they are all fabulous to see and deserve our protection of their very important habitats.
Thank you all to everyone who has taken the time to go through all my UK lizard tour today.
This year one of the things I wanted to see was all types of lizard found in the UK, native and introduced Lizard. Over the last few days I managed to see the rarest and last one to spot......the sand lizards.
The native ones are the Slow worm, Common Lizard, and rare Sand Lizard, introduced are Wall and the Green Lizard.
Sand, Wall, and Green are all only found in a small number locations in the UK but all three can be found in Dorset.
Hopefully you can take a look at all of today's update and see all the different types.