NOUN
- a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
- one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
How To Use sand lizard In A Sentence
- Among the reptiles are isolated populations of four species: toad-headed agama Phrynocephalus versocolor, multicellated racerunner Eremias multiocellata, Gobi racerunner Eremias przewalskii and patterned grass-snake Elapha dione; also the locally rare adder Vipera berus, moccasin snake Aghistrodon halys, Tlafe agilis and sand lizard Lacerta agilis. Uvs Nuur Basin, Russian Federation, Republic of Tuva and Mongolia
- It's one of the few places in Britain where you can catch sight of the endangered sand lizard or smooth snake.
- Like humans, sand lizard males have heterogametic sex chromosomes.
- The ecoregion has a large number of reptile species, four strictly endemic species; Afrogecko ansorgii, Coluber zebrina, Ruben's sand lizard (Pedioplanis rubens), and the skaapsteker (Psammophylax ocellatus) a solid-bodied, venemous snake that reaches up to 1 m in length. Angolan Mopane woodlands
- The mating system and spacing pattern of adders largely agree with those of sand lizards.