sand lizard, sandlizard (Lacerta agilis) male Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) male. Its tail has been lost and partially regrown.
Description
Deutsch: Zauneidechse (Lacerta agilis), männlich, mit noch nicht vollständig nachgewachsenem Schwanz; Fundort:Wildermieming, Tirol
English: Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) male. Its tail has been lost and partially regrown.
Date 25 June 2015, 15:11:10
Author Pelz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pelz
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zauneidechse_1469.jpg
The sand lizard or sandlizard (Lacerta agilis) is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia. It does not occur in the Iberian peninsula or European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy. The sand lizard is a sexually-dimorphic legged lizard. Sand lizards can reach up to 25 cm in length. Order: Squamata, Family: Lacertidae, Genus: Lacerta, Species: Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758.