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appleton
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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.
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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. |
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I now have a picture. Where could I post it?
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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 |
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