[Leica] IMG: Unknown reptile

[Douglas Sharp]

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
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