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The Sand Lizard, Lacerta agilis. Photographs of captives from an unknown locality. Adults reach a body length of at least 90 mm. the tail may be 1.5 times that or more. This species occurs over most of Europe, but absent from parts France, Italy, the southern Balkans, and most of Iberia. In some areas it inhabits sand dunes, but it also uses grasslands, pastures, heathlands, and other areas with dense vegetation. Its elevational distribution ranges from sea level to 2000 m. |
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| The Grass Lizard, Takydromus sexlineatus, is a slender, long-tailed lizard that occurs in India, China, Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysian Peninsula, and Indonesia. |
| Lacertids inhabit the Eastern Hemisphere from Europe and Africa to Southeast Asia. Several species have been introduced into North America. There are about 27 genera with 220 species, most of which are diurnal hunters, insectivorous, and terrestrial, with a few species that are arboreal. All lay eggs and some species are parthenogenetic (all female species), and there is one species that has some populations that lay eggs while others give birth to live young. Small species tend to lay 1-4 eggs, larger species may lay up to 23 eggs. They range in size from 50 to about 200 mm in body length. However, a few have tails that may be five times their body length. Males display to each other and tend to have larger heads, shorter bodies, and better developed femoral pores than females. Habitats range from tropical forests to dry scrub forests, grasslands, and sand dunes. Many European species use man made rock walls which gave the family their common name, wall lizards. |