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sand lizard
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Princeton's WordNet
sand lizard, Lacerta agilisnoun
a common and widely distributed lizard of Europe and central Asia
side-blotched lizard, sand lizard, Uta stansburiananoun
one of the most abundant lizards in the arid western United States
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sand lizard
A sand lizard is a species of reptile belonging to the lacertid or wall lizard family. Its scientific name is Lacerta agilis. It is often found in sandy or heathy habitats across Europe and Asia. It is known for its distinctive coloration, with males bearing a bright green flank during the mating season. The sand lizard is biologically adapted to burrowing and primarily eats invertebrates.
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Sand Lizard
The sand lizard is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia. It does not occur in the Iberian peninsula or European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy. The sand lizard has a light underbelly and a dorsal stripe: males tend to be darker in colour and turn partly or wholly bright green during the mating season. Sand lizards can reach up to 25 cm in length. It has several subspecies, the westernmost of which is Lacerta agilis agilis. In this and the other main western subspecies, the dorsal stripe is thin and interrupted, or not present at all. This applies particularly to the latter subspecies, which also includes a plain red or brown-backed phase without any dorsal markings. In these two subspecies, only the flanks of the males turn green in the mating season, but in the eastern subspecies, males can be wholly green, even outside the breeding season. In the UK, the sand lizard is restricted to southern heathlands and the coastal sand dunes of north west England and West Wales. It is regarded as threatened and is strictly protected under UK law – as it is throughout most of Europe. This is in contrast to L. a. exigua, whose Russian name translates as the "common lizard".
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of sand lizard in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of sand lizard in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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