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Sand Lizard
Lacerta agilis agilis
This species was present on the Kinson Common until the 1980`s. If conditions are right in the future, perhaps it might once again be re-introduced on site under controlled conditions?
It is a much larger lizard than the more common Lacerta vivipara. Females grow to about 200mm. Males grow to almost 188mm and are spectacularly covered with a wonderful green sheen during the breeding season which takes place in May or June.
Females deposit up to twelve eggs in sand and these are then left to hatch on their own. Young lizards tend to be greyish-brown above with whiter colouration below.
In the winter, this species hibernates underground.
Haunt.
Heathlands in close proximation to sandy deposits.
Food.
Insects.
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