Life-span: Up to 12 years. Size: Adults up to 20cm long including tail. Weight: 15g. Description: Stocky, with short legs. Coloured from brown to grey, ...

Did you know? Sand lizards can live for up to 20 years!

They can live for up to ten years and because of this relatively long lifespan, they are sometimes subject to inbreeding and producing malformed offspring.

Hatchlings are about 5cm long and are lighter in colour than juvenile Common ... years and can live for up to 12 years. Top: Male Sand Lizard, Bottom ...

The sand lizard is the largest lizard with legs, with an average lifespan of up to 20 years, growing 20cm in length with the tail accounting for about half of ...

Adults up to 20 cm in length (including tail). Short-legged and stocky with a short, deep head.

31 июл. 2016 г. · Where to find sand lizards, how to identify them, their lifecycle and protection status.

... In other lacertid species, the mean age was lower. Guarino et al. (2010) reported the mean age as 2.4 years in males and 2.5 years in females for Lacerta ...

The sand lizard is extremely rare due to the loss of its sandy heath and dune habitats. Reintroduction programmes have helped establish new populations.