by lzd_admin | Sep 3, 2024 | Uncategorised
lizardry 6 August 2024 Tail Regrowth A study of the speed of regrowth of the tails of two wall lizards Podarcis muralis nigriventris. male 2.7 mm per day, Female: 1.5mm per day. A male took 34 days to recover his original length, at an average daily increase of 2.7mm....
by lzd_admin | Aug 14, 2024 | Uncategorised
lizardry 5 July 2024 Scents Lizards have femoral pores on the trailing edge of their hind legs which secrete a waxy substance from their holocrine glands, as seen in these pictures of Hector. This may enable them to mark territory, not only for their own purposes, but...
by lzd_admin | Jun 17, 2024 | Uncategorised
lizardry 4 June 2024 Tails Tough news from the South Devon Wall Lizard patch, a newcomer was spotted basking quietly in rare sun,only for closer examination to show he had been viciously attacked, losing two fingers ripped off his right foreleg. Seems unlikely to have...
by lzd_admin | Apr 26, 2024 | Uncategorised
lizardry 3 05.2024 Touching Hector and Guinevere (above) Other 3 Gladys and Angharad It is assumed that scaled creatures have no sense of touch, but there are many examples of the Wall Lizards observed at this site (Podarcis muralis nigriventris) deliberately lying...
by lzd_admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Uncategorised
OLWEN HUNTING LIZARDRY 2 03.2024 PREY 2024.. .so far… cold,damp,uninviting weather has kept the lizards in their winter quarters.just one appearance, an unidentified adult march 16, And only occasional sightings in other less shaded spots in the area. By this...
