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Lacerta Viridis (Eastern green lizard)
Found from Eastern Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovinia, Croatia, Hungary, Balkan region, Southern Ukraine and Northwest Anatolia. It is very similar to the western green lizard, but has a more spottet back, and the western green lizard is more uniformly green. The colour on the juveniles throat is also different. Both species gets about 35-40 cm and males often has a blue throat.
They prey on various insects, spiders, worms, small lizards and even baby rodents.
There can be problems if the animals are kept inside. They get "black cancer" a skin disease that ends up killing the animals. To prevent that they should have plenty of UV- light. Kept outside we newer had this problem. They are very aggressive against each other and should be kept in pairs. Females are also very aggressive against other females. Keeping many together in small terraria is possible but not recommendable. |
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