#zootoca vivipara

[margocooper]

Лучше попугая на плече только лесная гостья-живородящая ящерица (лат. Zootoca vivipara). Май 24. The only thing better than a parrot on the shoulder is the forest guest-viviparous lizard (lat. Zootoca vivipara). May 24.

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[markscherz]

Hi!! Hello! Dane here. I have a question that might be really dumb and silly- but basically the area I live in, at least when I was a kid (it’s been a while since I’ve gone lookin’) has a lot of firben (not sure which kind sorry) who are all-black? I’m aware that melanistic reptiles and amphibians aren’t that rare but I always wondered what this specific species of firben was. But since they were all all-black I could never figure it out!

All I can tell is I live near a pond with tall vegetation, far from other large water sources, and the lil guys were 4-8cm long?

Oh and it’s in Jylland!! Do you have any good places for looking up these little fellas? I’m sure they were just a really common type of firben that had a bit of a limited gene pool and for some reason black was advantageous in the little pond, but I vaguely remember the texture of their skin and such and it’s been buggin me for YEARS! So if you have anything to help me end my search: thank you 😭

Hej! This is probably a population of melanistic Zootoca vivipara, given the habitat you describe This might indeed have been a coincidence caused by population drift in a small population. It wouldn't even need to be beneficial, just not actively detrimental.

[snototter]

A viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) in Sweden

by Hanna Knutsson

[unkn0wnvariable]

Common Lizard

A small common lizard, with a missing tail, sunbathing on a bramble leaf at Glapthorn Cow Pastures.

[girlinlovewiththeforest]

Zootoca vivipara (viviparous lizard)

[ifelten]

Skovfirben (Zootoca vivipara)

Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

[thinkmanythingsofit]

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

[scotszoologist]

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

[calochortus]

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

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[herpsandbirds]

Do you know about reptiles native to the Netherlands? I feel like we don't have many here because of the cold, wet climate :(

Dutch Reptiles:

Hello yes, there are a few reptiles found in the Netherlands. Here are a few of them...

European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis), family Emydidae, found

This species is only found in the border areas of the country and is very uncommon there.

photograph by Bernard DUPONT 

Slow Worm (Anguis fragilis), family Anguidae

Also called Blindworm and Hazelworm.

Legless lizard.

photographs by Julien

Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis), family Lacertidae

T - female, R - male

photographs by George Chernilevsky

Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara), family Lacertidae, Aamsveen, The Netherlands

photograph by Ocrdu

Smooth Snake (Coronella austriaca), family Colubridae

photograph by Mihai Si Furia Rosie

Grass Snake (Natrix natrix), family Colubridae

aka Ringed Snake or Water Snake

photograph by Mark Ollett

Common European Adder (Vipera berus), family Viperidae

photograph Benny Trapp

[antiqueanimals]

Wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) ; Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) ; Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara)

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

Internet Archive

[giulliadella]

Day 51 of posting cute creatures we found on our field trip:

Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara) is the smallest European lizard. This is an adult female, they don’t get bigger than this. These lizards prefer to live in cold climate and on high mountains. They can be found in Scandinavia and Northern Europe, the Alps and all mountain ranges in Balkans. They adapted to cold climate and long winters by live bearing and being tiny.

This is the last creature we found! I hope you enjoyed this “series” and fun facts about all the animals we met.

[bonefall]

I'm really sorry if you already answered but I did look through the whole lexicon and used control+f. Do we have words for Lizards/Newts//Salamanders/Reptiles?

I wanted to see the Clanmew names for 2 OCs Lizardsong and Salamanderclaw. The second being a Skyclan Daylight Warrior!

The word for reptile is "Skeep"! It is a wingless, typically scaled animal without fish "wings". So, it actually includes amphibians as well. This is because there are very few reptiles in the UK; Clan cats don't see why an amphibian is not simply a water-reptile.

So to them, a lizard is a four-legged reptile with a tail. It includes all of the newts that they encounter on a regular basis, even though these are technically amphibians. What are you gonna do, teach the cats cladistics?

Lizard (Generic) = Ssassa Adult newts and lizards, without breeding season adornments. Has 6 species.

Sail (of a fish or a breeding male newt) = Saoss The dorsal fins on top of a fish or a breeding male newt.

Viviparous Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) = Sipssa Eggs are much rarer in this part of the world than you might think. Like its name suggests, the viviparous lizard typically gives live birth, which is likened to the adder. This is the most common lizard in the area, encountered by all Clans.

Sand Lizard (Lacerta agilis) = Hwoossa Named for being seen mostly in WindClan's sandy lowland heath, because this IS an animal that lays eggs. It needs sunny, sandy areas to be able to hatch a brood.

Smooth Newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) = Fyenssa A contraction of "Flame's Lizard," for the quirk where these newts will often hide in piles of cold, wet wood, only to flee out when a fire is lit. The most common newt to encounter, feel free to translate as "salamander!"

Palmate Newt (Lissotriton helveticus) = Horrssa The "shade newt," so named because this one generally prefers forested, green areas. Its tail is much fatter than the other newts.

Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus) = Gisis What was once the Tribemew word for all lizards now only describes the great crested newt, the largest and most respected of the "lizard" classification. An accomplished hunter with an impressive sail during its breeding season, on both the back and the tail.

Some extra facts about newts and lizards in general...

Scientifically, all newts are salamanders, but not all salamanders are newts. You could translate any one of these words as "salamander."

Through their lives, newts will have terrestrial phases and aquatic phases.

Britain's cold climate and isolation as an island means there are very few reptiles in general; amphibian species outnumber them because it is very wet.

Slowworms are technically a lizard, but Clan cats believe they are a snake.

Clan cats also believe that snakes were not originally reptiles, but worms. There is a story about a cat who hunted them to extinction and then had to recreate them from memory, forgetting that worms don't have scales.