#Common Lizard

[feather-bone]

Viviparous lizard! Its name comes from the Latin words for “live birth” - unusually for reptiles, they give birth to live young most of the time instead of laying eggs!

[ID: an illustration of a light brown lizard with darker and lighter brown speckled markings, curled to the left on a light green background. It is surrounded by pink flowers and petals. End.]

#common lizard #viviparous lizard #lizard #reptiles #herps #animals #daily creature

[michaelnordeman]

Viviparous lizard/skogsödla. Värmland, Sweden (March 21, 2020).

#viviparous lizard #skogsödla #reptiles #lizards #common lizard

[dansnaturepictures]

Ten of my favourite photos I took in October 2023 and month summary

The photos are of; fly agaric at Bolton's Bench in the New Forest, mushrooms at Pig Bush in the New Forest, dandelions out the front, Common Darter at Winnall Moors, Clouded Yellow out the front, Common Lizard at Bolderwood in the New Forest, New Forest Ponies at Leaden Hall, Mistle Thrush at Lakeside Country Park, a sky scene at Lakeside and autumn leaves in Winchester.

October seemed to fly by and it was a brilliant month of wildlife watching and taking photos again for me. It was a real surge into autumn with the vibrant, colourful and nourishing scenes as the coloured leaves put on their showstopping display, the flamboyant and fascinating mushrooms of fungi dominated and the rich golden angles of sunlight enchanted the month. Fungi was a key point of my October, as I was fortunate to see some of the key species of my year ones I always strive to see including fly agaric, amethyst deceiver, shaggy ink cap, common ink cap, pleated ink cap, yellow stagshorn, sulphur tuft, shaggy scalycap, parasol, poronia punctata (nail fungus) and turkey tail. Common puffball and the revelation of my autumn common earthball as well as a new one for me bleeding fairy helmet were other highlights of the many seen this month. For flowers the year naturally slowed down a bit, but species such as devil's bit scabious, daisy, oxeye daisy, Michaelmas daisy, dandelion, oxtongue one I loved delving into more this month, common toadflax, broad-leaved clover, white clover, white deadnettle, flowering gorse, bits of heather still in flower, hedgerow crane's-bill and tormentil brought beautiful colour to my walks still. As did rose hips, hawthorn and particularly holly berries this month as perhaps my best ever season for enjoying fruit continued. The colour of berry laden bushes and autumnal flair presented many fantastic opportunities to take in and photograph landscapes this month, with some gorgeous locations visited including lots in the New Forest which comes alive in autumn. From ever earlier sun setting and some sun rising scenes to the moon and rainbows in changeable weather it's been a top sky month for me too.

It was a fabulous insect month still with including in bits of unseasonably warm and sunny weather the Clouded Yellow being joined by one of the stars of the year Red Admiral with many seen again this month, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Brimstone and Small Copper with a pleasing amount of butterflies still about with a moth or two too which has been a key theme this month. Common Darter, Southern Hawker and Migrant Hawker continued to be very frequent sights for me this month having amazing experiences watching them, particularly at Winnall Moors and Lakeside. The Common Lizard alongside ladybirds and many spiders especially Long-bodied Cellar spiders with a fair few seen at home were highlights in other areas.

Onto birds and I had a brilliant month of thrushes, most excitingly witnessing the anticipated return of the Redwings at Lakeside and in the New Forest, a stalwart of the months ahead. The Mistle Thrush at Lakeside a key sighting this month, and away from thrushes there the Lesser Redpolls of the same day, Goldfinch, Cormorant, Buzzard, lots of Coots, the Ring-necked Parakeets, Long-tailed Tits enjoyed many times, Mute Swans, Jay enjoyed so many time another really key species of autumn and multiple Great Spotted Woodpecker and some Green Woodpecker views were other Lakeside highlights. Sparrowhawk, a wonderful couple of New Forest Woodlark sightings and Marsh Tit were other standouts this month. Finally onto mammals and alongside many great New Forest ponies and Fallow Deer encounters either seeing them or hearing the males bellow in the forest the big thing this month was seeing pigs out for pannage at Pig Bush and on journeys, the always surreal and marvelous site at this time of year as the New Forest commoner's turn out the pigs to gorge on the (harmful to ponies) acorns. Grey Squirrels and a magical Roe Deer encounter at Lakeside also stood out. Have a good November all.

#photography #birdwatching #october #2023 #butterflies #common darter #red admiral #clouded yellow #brimstone #common lizard #long-bodied cellar spider #oxtongue #dandelion #fly agaric #fungi #amethyst deceiver #migrant hawker #dragonflies #reptiles #birds #mammals #pannage #pigs #fallow deer #new forest pony #woodlark #happy #outdoors #walking #walk

[wailveid]

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#lizard #viviparous lizard #common lizard #nature photography #animal photography #animals #wild animals #photography #my photos

[girlinlovewiththeforest]

Zootoca vivipara (viviparous lizard)

#Zootoca vivipara #viviparous lizard #common lizard #lizard #polish animal #wild animals #animal lover #reptile #animal photoshoot #animal photography #animal #wildlife photography #wildlife pictures #wildlife #beautiful #beautiful photos #my photo #photography #photooftheday #naturecore #photoart #forest #woods #forest view #walking in nature #nature #goblincore #goblin aesthetic #goblin community #green energy

[plumes-merry-critters]

"You saw me? Now you don't!"

#lizard #common lizard #reptile #not a bird for once on this blog ^^ #nature photography

[scotszoologist]

Newly hatched common lizards (Zootoca vivipara) on Greater Cumbrae, likely no more than a week old

#zootoca vivipara #common lizard #nature #scotland #wildlife #animal #lizard #reptile #herpetology

[academicelephant]

Look what was on our doorstep!

Photo by academicelephant

#common lizard #lizard #reptile #animals #countryside #country life #photography #original photography on tumblr

[thinkmanythingsofit]

Viviparous lizard, or common lizard (Zootoca vivipara, scandinavia)

#viviparous lizard #Zootoca vivipara #common lizard #photography #lizards #look at this beautiful lady #she lives under the stone stairs in the garden #my photos

[unkn0wnvariable]

Common Lizard by Oliver Andrews Via Flickr: A common lizard warming up on a mossy log in the hazy sunlight, in Glapthorn Cow Pastures.

#30dayswild #canon #canonuk #common lizard #fauna #glapthorn #glapthorn cow pastures #lizard #nature #nature reserve #northamptonshire #northants #outdoors #reptile #reptiles #springwatch #wildlife #wildlife trust #wildlife trusts #woodland #zootoca vivipara #flickr

[calochortus]

Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) by Will Atkins Via Flickr: female

#Viviparous Lizard #Common Lizard #Zootoca vivipara #Zootoca #lacertid #Lacertidae #Wildlife #Wildlife of Europe #European Wildlife #Animal #Nature #animal portrait #reptiles #reptile #reptiles of Europe #European reptiles #lizard #Lizards #Lizards of Europe #British Wildlife #British amphibians and reptiles #British reptiles and amphibians #British reptiles #British lizards #UK wildlife #UK reptiles and amphibians #UK amphibians and reptiles #UK reptiles #UK lizards #Dorset wildlife

[rowanleaves]

#common lizard #cairngorms #forest

[snototter]

A male common agama (Agama agama) basking on a rock in Cameroon, Africa

by Bernard Dupont

#common agama #agamas #lizards #reptiles #agama agama #agama #agamidae #squamata #reptilia #chordata #wildlife: africa #wildlife: cameroon

[chloegriffithsecology]

Reptile Report 2021!

Have a look at how the lizards and slowworms of Penparcau, a village on the edge of Aberystwyth, West Wales are doing.  https://www.dropbox.com/s/o3s24x8wg76ruae/2021%20reptile%20survey%20Pen%20Dinas.pdf?dl=0 

#reptile #biodiversity #wildlife #slow worm #Common Lizard #nature #conservation #chloegriffithsecology #penparcau #aberystwyth

[antiqueanimals]

Common blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides) ; Indonesian blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua gigas)

Reptiles and Amphibians of the World. Written by Hans Hvass. Illustrated by Wilhelm Eigener. Originally published in 1958.

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#reptiles #lizards #skinks #common blue-tongued skinks #indonesian blue-tongued skinks #Wilhelm Eigener

[girlinlovewiththeforest]

Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

#Zootoca vivipara #viviparous lizard #common lizard #lizard #reptile #animal photoshoot #animal lover #animal #polish animal #animal photography #wild animals #wildlife #wildlife pictures #wildlife photography #fauna #beautiful #beautiful photos #my photo #photography #photooftheday #naturecore #photoart