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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject:

Thanks everyone Very Happy

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Dan · Captivebred Communist Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 1306

I've been waiting for someone to post up some sand lizard pics. We have a large area behind the house that has most, if not all the native reptiles living in (inc a large adder population). I wanted to see these pics because the common lizards up here all show that green colour you see in sand lizards and i wanted to make sure what i had seen were commons and not sand lizards.
None of the common populations i have found elsewhere show this intense green as the ones here, very weird.
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:08 pm Post subject:

Hi Dan, thats interesting. Funny that as I too have found greenish male commons in the past. There nearly always tends to be a higher percentage of green animals amongst commons at coastal locations I have found. Having said that, it doesn`t sound like you are too near the sea. The closest sand lizards to you are in the coastal dunes at Southport in Lancashire Wink

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Dan · Captivebred Communist Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 1306

The nearest sand lizards to me are a lot closer than that Wink

I was just curious if the "commons" we have here are juvenile sand lizards (hence the size difference) but i guess not. It's not a greensih colour we have, its bright green and in both sexes. I'll get a pic tomorrow to show you Smile

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Dan · Captivebred Communist Joined: 08 Sep 2005 Posts: 1306

Forgot to say, part of the common is a military range network so there are plenty of large sand banks which have been utilised by the sand lizards
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:11 pm Post subject:

Sounds ideal. Would love to see the pics of the green commons. Cool

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Thomas Shanta · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:18 pm Post subject:

Good work Pete,if you come down to Cornwall again I'll show you a spot down south that has a good population of these awesome creatures Wink

Peter Parrot · Posted: Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:21 pm Post subject:

Sounds great Thomas Cool

. (That Aru is fat as a pig now!) Laughing

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varanus · Key Member Joined: 14 Oct 2005 Posts: 400

Very cool really must go and see these fellas soon
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JStroud · Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:21 am Post subject:

Great pictures Pete, sounds like you had a good day. Should really get down to Anglesey when I get back up to Wales and see the local populations there! Cool

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