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Lizard identification help

Post by 4:20 » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:12 pm

Does anyone know what this lizard is? I've done a cursory search but I'm struggling. Found under a rock in my garden in the middle of France, altitude 700m
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:15 pm

It's a Fire Salamander.

I think.
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:17 pm

I'm a fire salamander - Twisted fire salamander
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by Meath_Claret » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:20 pm

looks like a marbled newt to me
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by Im_not_Robbie_Blake » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:22 pm

Are you sure? It's long orange stripe might suggest not??
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by Bosscat » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:24 pm

He`s called Eddie ... Eddie Lizzard
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by Meath_Claret » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:29 pm

No, not sure, was going off the green and black pattern mainly
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by claretonthecoast1882 » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:30 pm

Bosscat wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:24 pm
 He`s called Eddie ... Eddie Lizzard
More Edwina than Edward Lizzard :D
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by eastanglianclaret » Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:52 pm

For me that's definitely the European marbled newt (Triturus marmoratus) found predominantly in France and Spain.
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by DingleDangle » Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:04 pm

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Agreed, it's a Marbled Newt.
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by Funkydrummer » Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:54 pm

I stand corrected.

Pretty close though !!! :D
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by claretskeith » Mon Aug 12, 2024 4:55 pm

claretonthecoast1882 wrote: ↑
Mon Aug 12, 2024 1:17 pm
 I'm a fire salamander - Twisted fire salamander
I've laughed at that perhaps more than I should have.
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Re: Lizard identification help

Post by 4:20 » Mon Aug 12, 2024 5:08 pm

Thank you to everybody. The Bee Hole End for the win again.
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