COMMON LIZARD - Lacerta vivipara, Lacertidae, in sand dunes, beach, live bearing, viviparous, reptile, heath land, woodland edges, compost heaps, hibernate, hibernation, sun loving, cold blooded, scales, Andy Purcell
Vipera berus; common European adder; common European viper; venomous; viper; Animalia; adder; snake; poisonous; green; creature; grass; serpent; reptilian; animal; wildlife; Chordata; ovoviviparous; snake; brown; ecology; grey; nature; reptile; Vertebrata; Reptilia; Squamata; Viperidae; Viperinae; Vipera; European viper; northern viper; common adder; crossed viper; European adder; common viper; European common viper; cross adder; common cross adder;
Description
Common European adder a venomous viper in the undergrowth on shapwick moor
Wildlife; Animals; Vertebrates; Herpetofauna; Reptiles; lizards; Common lizard; Viviparous lizard; Lacerta vivipera; Zootoca vivipera; black; rare; unusual; melanism; Cornwall; UK
Description
A pair of lizards (Common lizard, Zootoca vivipera), one normally-coloured, the other unusually black, basking on a metal crash-barrier in Cornwall, UK.