The viviparous lizard is a kind of lizard that is distributed in Europe to northern Asia. It can be known from their name that this is a viviparous lizard. Let me introduce more about the viviparous lizard. Let's~

I. Basic information

[Chinese name] viviparous lizard

[Latin name] Zootoca vivipara

【Another name】Viviparous Lizard

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Domain】Chordates

【Class】Reptiles

【Order】Squamata

【Family】Lizardidae

【Genus】Lizardus

【Species】Viviparous Lizards

【Name and time】Lichtenstein, 1823

【English name】Viviparous lizard, Common Lizard

Second, morphological characteristics

The body shape of viviparous lizards is round, long and slightly flat, their heads are slightly cylindrical, the snout is blunt, and the snout scales are pentagonal. The back of their body is gray-brown, with a row of brown spots or long stripes connected from the center of the back to the front of the microtail, and dark longitudinal stripes about 3.5 mm wide on both sides.

III. Living habits

Viviparous lizards often live in the open forest margins with rainbow feet in the sun, and often in meadows and swamps. They like water , and cold-resistant, can prey under the temperature conditions of 10-12 ℃. They are found in fallen trees, stumps, and large roots, as well as in old rodent burrows.

IV. Status of the population

The viviparous lizard has been included in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN 2018 ver 3.1) - Least Concern ( LC).

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