Comments on: European Green Lizard (Lacerta Viridis) http://www.optimiced.com/en/2009/05/15/lacerta-viridis/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Susan Wilson http://www.optimiced.com/en/2009/05/15/lacerta-viridis/#comment-2076 Susan Wilson Thu, 21 Oct 2010 05:24:36 +0000 http://www.optimiced.com/en/?p=326#comment-2076 Love the blue green lizard! I've had pet chameleons, like Jackson's, and also chuckwallas, and I think they are fascinating. One of nature's true treasures. Thanks for the beautiful pics! - Susan Love the blue green lizard! I’ve had pet chameleons, like Jackson’s, and also chuckwallas, and I think they are fascinating. One of nature’s true treasures. Thanks for the beautiful pics! – Susan

]]> By: Michel http://www.optimiced.com/en/2009/05/15/lacerta-viridis/#comment-1953 Michel Tue, 04 May 2010 10:19:15 +0000 http://www.optimiced.com/en/?p=326#comment-1953 @Vasja: Thank you for your detailed comment! I've learned a lot from it! :) @Vasja:

Thank you for your detailed comment! I’ve learned a lot from it! :)

]]> By: Vasja http://www.optimiced.com/en/2009/05/15/lacerta-viridis/#comment-1952 Vasja Tue, 04 May 2010 09:37:01 +0000 http://www.optimiced.com/en/?p=326#comment-1952 "I think I have met such a lizard for the first time. Maybe they are a rarer kind?" No, they aren't rare at all, you just have to learn to spot them! :D They are either camouflaged well or they run too fast for us to see them and hide in holes. The other lizard is not Lacerta viridis. I couldn't find its name on the internet but I think it's a close relative, but not the same species. The green lizard grows up to 40-50 cm and the brown only up to 15-20. Btw, I think the brown one on your photo is a pregnant female. Males are usually more beautiful and have a larger head than females. Only the males in Lacerta Viridis can have a blue bottom part of the head (not the whole body, the stomach is actually yellow). I am not sure, but I think the blue has something to do with the mating season. It is then that I usually spot more blue-headed lizards. And also in my humble opinion: the brighter and more spread the blue is, the more dominant the male lizard is. I am not a biologist, just a guy who's been catching, keeping, feeding and releasing them after a couple of days. I just admire their beauty. ;) “I think I have met such a lizard for the first time. Maybe they are a rarer kind?”

No, they aren’t rare at all, you just have to learn to spot them! :D

They are either camouflaged well or they run too fast for us to see them and hide in holes. The other lizard is not Lacerta viridis. I couldn’t find its name on the internet but I think it’s a close relative, but not the same species. The green lizard grows up to 40-50 cm and the brown only up to 15-20. Btw, I think the brown one on your photo is a pregnant female. Males are usually more beautiful and have a larger head than females. Only the males in Lacerta Viridis can have a blue bottom part of the head (not the whole body, the stomach is actually yellow).

I am not sure, but I think the blue has something to do with the mating season. It is then that I usually spot more blue-headed lizards. And also in my humble opinion: the brighter and more spread the blue is, the more dominant the male lizard is.

I am not a biologist, just a guy who’s been catching, keeping, feeding and releasing them after a couple of days. I just admire their beauty. ;)

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