European green lizard
lacerta viridis latin

Females can then rely on throat color in male European green lizards to be an honest signal.

Having high throat UV reflectance is costly in energy for male European green lizards.

European green lizard (L. viridis)

Lacerta viridis (Laurenti) (european green lizard)

(However, according to the latest research results the sand lizard presumably belongs to the allochthone species of the European green lizard (Lacerta viridis)).

Lacerta viridis, also called European green lizards, male lizards develop a blue throat patch, which shows high reflectance in the ultraviolet (UV) range.

In forests can be met: wild boars, deers, foxes, rabbits, badgers, various small rodents, also birds such as nightingales, woodpeckers, hoopoes, sticletele, shots, reptiles: european green lizards, water snakes, vipers.

Lizards found in England are slow-worms, common lizards, sand lizards, european green lizards (introduced) and the common wall lizard (introduced from mainland Europe - found in the Isle of Wight.)

The European green lizard, Lacerta viridis, is a large lizard distributed across European midlatitudes from Slovenia and eastern Austria to as far east as the Black Sea coasts of Ukraine and Turkey.

Some widespread lizards include the Sand Lizard, European green lizard, Western Green Lizard, Viviparous lizard, common wall lizard, Iberian wall lizard, Italian Wall Lizard and others.

Thanks to the environmental awareness of the Orne département, the Rock of Oëtre harbours numerous species of plants and animals rare in France: the spring spergula or spurrey (small white flower), the European green lizard and many species of lichen.