(Lacerta Zootoca Vivipara)
Common Lizard
The Common Lizard is the United Kingdom’s most commonly seen and widespread reptile. They like a variety of habitats, including grasslands, moors, heath and fortunately for us, woodland. Bradgers Hill is home to a population.
The common lizard, sometimes known as the viviparous lizard from the latin vivus (living) and parere (to beget), doesn’t lay eggs, instead it gives birth to live young. They can grow up to 15 centimetres in length and live up to twelve years!
They are a protected species here in the UK under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
Basking on a sunny days, they like to hibernate under logs and are best seen from March through to October.
If your see one, please don’t touch them, but take a photo and submit it to us for use on this website. We’d love to see your submission.
You can see photographs of common lizards taken on Bradgers Hill to the left, including three basking in the sun on a wooden post!
