Common Lizards - RSPB Minsmere
Description: Common lizards are only 10 to 15 centimetres long. They vary in view of their coloration but are often brownish-grey. Males have a yellow or orange belly, while females have a pale one.
Like many other reptiles, common lizards incubate their eggs internally and give so to speak birth to live youngsters.
Life Expectancy: Up to 6 years
Native/Introduced: Native
Habitat: Can be found in grass-, moor- and heathlands, coastal areas and in woodlands.
Distribution in the UK: Common lizards are at home in most areas of the UK and also in Ireland. Absent from most Scottish islands, the Isle of Scilly and the Channel Islands.
Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List), Protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 plus being a Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework
Like many other reptiles, common lizards incubate their eggs internally and give so to speak birth to live youngsters.
Life Expectancy: Up to 6 years
Native/Introduced: Native
Habitat: Can be found in grass-, moor- and heathlands, coastal areas and in woodlands.
Distribution in the UK: Common lizards are at home in most areas of the UK and also in Ireland. Absent from most Scottish islands, the Isle of Scilly and the Channel Islands.
Status: Least Concern (IUCN Red List), Protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 plus being a Priority Species under the UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework
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