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wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 15 Jun 2005 Topic: Found 15th June While moving the wood pile today we found this thin but long snake and a little later a bright frog/toad, what are they please? The wood pile had ants nests and lizards in it so was the snake there to eatthese? GemmaJF38518.6207175926

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 11 Feb 2006 Topic: European Lizards I use a Beau Brownie (No. 2A) with leatherette carrying case - what do you use? Yesterday 10th February 2006 the first few lizards were out basking in the sunshine - spring is on the way!

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 11 Sep 2004 Topic: Found this today - S.W. France I live in S.W. France near Perigueux. I found this lizard this morning we have lots of smaller lizards that live in holes in the walls of the house and in burrows in the lawn but this is the first we have seen like this. It was in a building and moves very slowly and is about 6inches long. The light coloured stuff on it is dust. We have also seen 5 snakes all very different colours, orange, bright green and stripey brown/green. We tend to leave them alone and have not got very good pics of them. There are lots of the more common lizards and recently many young are about from an inch long. At lunchtime the other day in the garden I sat very still a lizard climbed up a chair jumped onto the table walked around the table took a look at everyone that climbed up my arm around my back and climbed back to the ground. I have looked about on the web but cannot find a lizard that looks like this. Help appreciated. Regards Wynkin administrator38241.5146643519

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 11 Sep 2004 Topic: Found this today - S.W. France Thanks for your reply. There is a pond only 20 feet from our house. The newt was in a house that is being done up and hasn't been lived in for about a hundred years. What do the small lizards eat - have not seen one eating. Have seen the larger ones chasing bugs and when it is very hot they go into the leaves below the trees in the shade. This is where we have found some of the snakes. Unfortunately for no good reason my wife has a great fear of snakes. I have one picture of one of the snakes but hes hiding in the wall of our barn and I didn't want to disturb it. We have lots of lizards, perhaps because our house was used as a holiday home and only used a few weeks a year. Picture of snake in wall on the way... Regards Wynkin

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 12 Oct 2004 Topic: European Lizards This unfortunate newt did not learn its green cross code or more exactly the vehicle that hit it didn't. This one is much bigger and yellow than the one living in our wall next door. Do they vary in colour much - are there other colours? This one measures 7 inches from head to tip of tail. The leaves are just turning green here and last wednesday the temperature was 30 C, it is getting cooler at night, though have not needed a fire yet. We have many lizards, apart from the nasal tick how can I tell if its a green lizard? Regards Stephen Hyde Mensignac, Perigueux, France

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 13 Feb 2005 Topic: Found 13 February 2005 Found this young snake today it's quite lively even though it's overcast wet and 9c. It was on some gravel 3 metres from any cover. What is it and do snakes normally give birth at this time of year? My wife is petrified of snakes even this little one, so it has gone to live in the woods. Location: Perigueux SW France.

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 13 Feb 2005 Topic: Found 13 February 2005 Just to cap off our reptile day, in swimming pool we found the fattest black and yellow salamanda I have yet seen. How many young does a grass snake have and do they travel far? Thanks for all your help I am learning lots about our reptile neigbours.

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 29 Jan 2006 Topic: Found 15th June Both the snake and the toad were in my garden.

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 31 Jan 2006 Topic: Found 15th June Near Mensignac 15 kilometres from Perigueux Dept. 24 at 450ft above sea level.

wynkin Member Joined: 11 Sep 2004 No. of posts: 10 View other posts in this topic	Posted: 25 Apr 2006 Topic: Found 25 April 2006 SW France I was having my luncheon in the garden today when I glanced over at the pile of rocks that are waiting in a pile to become our bread/pizza oven. Very brightly coloured snake was basking amongst the rocks. He was probably just over a metre long and camera shy. We kept and eye out and he/she would pop up in various places from the labyrinth of rocks. Usually the rocks are covered in lizards and there were none - later the snake chased a mouse out. Finally he/she popped out the other side of the pool house and undercover of the building I got this shot before the snake reversed back into the rocks. I would be glad to know what it is? GemmaJF38832.5909722222

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