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This desert critter has just scaled a tall vertical cinder-block wall and is now resting for a brief spell on the cap blocks before he goes scurrying off again! (I was ready for this brief interlude!)
IMG_9476; Desert Spiny Lizard
Varanus niloticus, the Nile Monitor or river leguaan, is a large member of the monitor lizard family that can grow up to 8ft in length. Excellent climbers, quick runners and possessing sharp teeth, powerful jaws and razor-sharp claws for climbing, digging , self-defence – or tearing at their prey. This particular specimen has been known to make quite a mess when fed rabbits.
Chameleons or chamaeleons are a distinctive and highly specialized clade of Old World lizards with 202 species described as of June 2015. These species come in a range of colors, and many species have the ability to change color.
Lacerta agilis, female.
It took a lot of searching to find this one at the weekend, hopefully it will warm up soon as there aren't many insects about at the moment for them.
Dorset heathland.
Specifically, Railway Bridge Lizard. I found it interesting that they aren't afraid of height at all - the green area beyond the edge is actually a very out-of-focus forest 50-odd metres below and the lizards would calmly climb all over the vertical sides of the stone blocks.