LACERTA BILINEATA

The western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) in the gallery below is one of three adult males I encountered throughout May 2021...

This juvenile Lacerta bilineata is again the one with the distinct dark scale on its head that has chosen my garden as its habitat...

Flies obviously are an excellent food source for lizards, and as I've come to observe, for juvenile Lacerta bilineata in particular...

Common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) often share the same habitat with western green lizards (Lacerta bilineata), and although my blog...

The Lacerta bilineata in the photo gallery below is one of three adult males that currently seem to rule "my" little lizard kingdom...

Juvenile western green lizards mostly live, hide and hunt between the leaves of bushes and shrubs...

This juvenile lacerta bilineata is again the same individual that during the second half of May 2021 eventually chose my garden as...

Viewed up close common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) are even more impressive, for one because their dinosaur-like appearance becomes...

The Lacerta bilineata in this photo gallery is one of three adult males that currently reign over our local western green lizard habitat...

The Lacerta bilineata in the gallery below is little more than a lizard baby. The cute little guy probably hatched from the egg sometime...

This juvenile Lacerta bilineata was one of the first individuals I was able to photograph in May 2021...

The common wall lizard (Podarcis Muralis) in the photos below reminded me of something: as much as I'm delighted that the land...

This male lacerta bilineata was one of the most beautiful individuals that I've ever encountered, and at an estimated length of nearly 45...

This is again the same male lacerta bilineata I already mentioned earlier, the one I photographed in June 2015 that allowed me to get...

Here's some more nice screen shots of the same male podarcis muralis I already posted a whole gallery of earlier. I filmed him in May...

This is the final gallery of my favorite female lacerta bilineata, a magnificent individual and virtual lizard queen that is probably the...

This is again that perfect lacerta bilineata I met in May 2020, an impressive male that I estimated to have a length of nearly 45...

This male lacerta bilineata tolerated me within a distance of 50 centimeters (which is less than two feet) as long as I remained...

In these pictures you'll see where all "the action" took place: my garden in the beautiful community of Monteggio in the Malcantone...

This male lacerta bilineata is the same one you've seen in an earlier gallery ("hiding in the grass"); he's one of the most perfect...

This is again the female lacerta bilineata you've already seen in several other galleries. I met her on most days throughout June 2015,...

This particular female lacerta bilineata figures quite prominently in these galleries, though she looks different every time depending on...

My garden may look like a peaceful paradise to humans, but for the little creatures living in it it's a place where death lurks at every...

This slightly weathered looking female lacerta bilineata had been hunting in the vegetable patch in my garden, digging up worms with her...