sand lizard
Lacerta agilis latin

The sand lizard shot his tongue in and out several times.

It was the rarest of all British lizards: a sand lizard.

Sand lizards spend most of their time in burrows underground; we had been very lucky.

The site has a large population of Sand Lizards.

Leading a series of events, Maudie finds herself trapped by sand lizards.

A sand lizard, blown from its shelter under the dune, crawled between his legs and sat looking up at him.

Sand lizards scuttled everywhere - pretty little nervous creatures.

It is home to the smooth snake, the sand lizard and the Dartford warbler.

Some Sand Lizards have also been spotted at the reserve, as a result of re-introductions.

Our only definite reptile sighting was of a living one, a scuttling sand lizard.

Unfortunately, the cave is inhabited by a sand lizard called Swinkee.

The sand lizard sat sulking, rubbing its tail stump.

After mating, she lays eggs - sand lizards are the only British oviparous lizard.

Raccoons, or possibly sand lizards, he thought.

Rat snakes and Sand Lizard are few and inhabit relatively high areas of land.

What he first thinks is a Sand Lizard, turns out to be a Common, but he's not afraid to admit it.

Local fauna include the Natterjack toad and the Sand lizard.

It's one of the few places in Britain where you can catch sight of the endangered sand lizard or smooth snake.

Our sand lizard, resembling a green mini-monster from prehistoric times, scrambled over the twiggy heather.

My pack has sponsored some animals - a natterjack toad and a sand lizard.

Like children teasing a sand lizard."

Draconians used it, after all, and everyone knows they have all the brains of sand lizards.

After coppicing more light reaches the ground and thermophile animals such as the Sand Lizard thrive.

The Smooth snake and Sand Lizard are only found in Dorset.

The Madagascar sand lizards are insectivores.

His Latin name is Lacerta agilis but he wasn't particularly 'agile' that day.

It was classified in the same genus as the morphologically similar sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) until recently.

Male sand lizards Lacerta agilis behave similarly to the male junglefowl.

It has several subspecies, the westernmost of which is Lacerta agilis agilis.

Lacerta Agilis, for flute and piano (5') (1981, published by Forsyth)

S. boreale - sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)

The site was notified in 1989 due to its biological features, in particular focusing on the presence of the nationally rare Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis).

MHC-mediated mate choice has also been shown to exist in Swedish sand lizards, Lacerta agilis.

The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia.

A programme to reintroduce the sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) started in 1989 and the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus) already breeds in many locations.

They defined Reptilia as all amniotes closer to Lacerta agilis and Crocodylus niloticus than to Homo sapiens.

All six British reptile species are present on the site, including the rare Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis) and Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca).

Two endemic Balkan species live in Zasavica: Danube Crested Newt and eastern sub-species of the sand lizard, Lacerta agilis bosnica, which is European Protected Species.

In the park quite a lot of reptiles and amphibians species occur such as Coronella austriaca, Epidalea calamita, Pelobates fuscus, Lacerta agilis, Anguis fragilis, and Zootoca vivipara.

Reptiles include the numerous Anguis fragilis and the much rarer Lacerta agilis, Lacerta viridis, Elaphe longissima, and extremely rarely also Coronella austriaca and Natrix natrix.