This Common Lizard, with its fine-grained scaley green skin and bright beady eye, was looking up at me from the hot dry sandy beach one July at Rhossili Bay. I am not too sure what it was doing on the beach. Perhaps it had fallen down from the grassy turf of the escarpment to Rhossili Down. I opened my eyes as I lay on the seashore to find the lizard next to me – sharing the shade of a large driftwood tree trunk.
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Jessica, my first reaction upon seeing this little guy would be to leap back in surprise, but then fascination would take over and I’d approach him for a closer look. We don’t have any lizards here in Nova Scotia, though we do have many types of salamanders.
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Hello, Amy Lynn. I had no idea that there were no lizards in Nova Scotia. I wonder why that is? I have not seen many lizards in my lifetime here in the UK. Maybe because I have not been looking for them. They are only small and well camouflaged. I couldn’t miss this one on the beach though because he was stood out against the background.
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Wonder where the lizard is holed up for the winter. I enjoyed the moment of sunshine.
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I have no idea why we have no lizards. Perhaps it’s just too cool here at some times of the year. We do have various snakes and turtles.
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He’s utterly gorgeous and he’s curled up in the shape of a heart: he loves you!
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That’s a lovely thought……but he scarpered away pretty quickly.
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