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Animals of Oltenia

Reptiles of Romania

The European wall lizard, Podarcis muralis, is a small lizard whose scales are highly variable in colour and pattern.

It is a little bit unusual in that it has a pronounced green colour, whereas most are shades of brown.

They are common, and grow to about 15 cm to 20 cm long, of which more than half is tail.

They can live for seven years, and eat insects and other invertebrates, and are themselves hunted by snakes.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2nd May 2010, Radovan area.

Text: Wikipedia

The European Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis) is a large lizard distributed across mid European latitudes from the north of the Iberian peninsula to as far east as the Ukraine. It is often to be seen sunning itself on rocks or lawns, or sheltering amongst bushes.

The lizard reaches up to 40 cm in length from the tip of the muzzle to the cloaca. The tail can be up to twice the length of the body. This lizard sheds its tail, to evade the grasp of a predator.

Males have a larger head and a uniform green colouring punctuated with small spots that are more pronounced upon its back. The throat is bluish in the adult males and to a lesser extent in the females.

The female is more slender than the male and has a more uniform coloration, often displaying between two and four light bands bordered by black spots.

It feeds on insects, small lizards and even mice. In springtime the female lays 6 to 20 eggs. About 2 to 3 months later brown-coloured young appear with a length of 3-4 cm.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 2nd May 2010, Radovan area.

Text: Wikipedia

A small tortoise in a pond in the main park of Ramnicu Valcea, probably the European pond terrapin (also called the European pond turtle or European pond tortoise).

From Wikipedia:

Emys orbicularis is a turtle found in southern and central Europe, West Asia and North Africa. It lives in and around slow-flowing water and hibernates for up to seven months of the year at the bottom of the water. Its shell is brown with a hint of green, spotted yellow.

Photo: Adrian Gheorghe 22nd April 2008

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