Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good morning (here - and sunny!) Jim and Matt, thank you - it certainly does look like one of those. I was puzzled by the lack of scales and the rounded snout, so I thought it must be some kind of newt. Apart from a ground-level bird bath, we don't have any real water features in the garden, so I expect it could have wandered into the garden from the nearby canal (it has landscaped banks with ponds, reeds and bushes). Cheers Douglas On 18.09.2015 04:55, Matthew B. Filippini wrote: > Douglas- > > It looks a lot like a smooth newt (Lissotriton vulgaris) to me. It has > those amphibian eyes... > See <http://eol.org/pages/333313/overview> > > Matt > > ---------------------- > Hi Douglas, > > I tried looking for photos on-line, and thought about geckos, as well as > lizards. What puzzles me is that right front foot, which appears to > have three toes. Most photos I see show five. > > The other peculiarity is that the broken line of spots on his back > continues down the tail. Many species have circular patterns on the > tail, not a continuation of the body coloring. > > Good luck! > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > >