Green Lizard
Lacerta viridis
Identification 3
As far as identifying the animals go it's fairly simple. The green lizard is our largest species of lizard and by a fair margin of 20cm. It also has fine scale pattern with green dots all over it's body and males display blue throats and heads when mating.
Ecology & Behaviour 3
The lizard prefers exposed warm places. In Czechia it is considered a river phenomenon, meaning the range goes from South Moravia, hwere it's fairly common in few places to Northern Bohemia along rivers Vltava, Sázava, Labe and more. The males can be agressive and bite although their bite isn't strong enough to break the skin. It was advised to me in the past to let them bite your hand so the animal calms down a bit. Although I must discourage you from catching them as you might injure the animal due to tail autotomy.
Identifikace (CZ) 3
Velikost těla je dobrým indikátorem, protože se jedná o naší největší ještěrku. Samci v době páření mají modré hrdlo (občas i hlavu) a samice jsou tmavě zelené až hnědé po celém těle. Jedná se o říční fenomén tz. že kromě vybraných lokalit se s ní lze setkat namátkovitě na exponovaných jižně orientovaných svazích poblíž říčního toku. (Například vinice u Labe a Dyje).
Sources and Credits
- (c) Paul Cools, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Paul Cools
- (c) Jakob Fahr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Jakob Fahr
- (c) Martin Vohralík, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
