Lizard (?) sighting

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   A neighbour came to my door carrying what looked to be a lizard, which prompted me to seek out this newsgroup.
We are in East Yorkshire on chalky gravel. Very dry soil.

It was 5 inches long. Virtually black from head to toe on its upper side. Yellow/Orange underneat with black spots about 5-7 mm across. They loked larger than the spotrs on the Common on this web site.

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appleton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 23 May 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote appleton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Lizard (?) sighting Posted: 23 May 2004 at 8:38pm
	A neighbour came to my door carrying what looked to be a lizard, which prompted me to seek out this newsgroup. We are in East Yorkshire on chalky gravel. Very dry soil. It was 5 inches long. Virtually black from head to toe on its upper side. Yellow/Orange underneat with black spots about 5-7 mm across. They loked larger than the spotrs on the Common on this web site.

administrator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote administrator Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 23 May 2004 at 11:21pm
	The black dorsal surface and larger spots on the belly make me wonder could it have been a Great Crested Newt? Slow moving (on land) they have warty skin as opposed to scales. A picture would allow a positive identification, but take a look at our ID page anyway: http://www.herpetofauna.co.uk/great_crested_newt.htm If your sure it was a lizard, the only likely candidate is the common or viviparous lizard, they can be quite variable in colour.

appleton Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Member Joined: 23 May 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 2	Post Options Post Reply Quote appleton Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 May 2004 at 6:01pm
	I now have a picture. Where could I post it?

administrator Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 01 Jan 2007 Status: Offline Points: 10	Post Options Post Reply Quote administrator Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 24 May 2004 at 8:15pm
	you can either email it to me at mailto:gemmajfairchild@aol.com or you can place the html to show the picture directly into the post reply box. Edited by administrator