Guillaume Gomard wrote:Jeroen, I think he was just referring to the "snow" part, not to the occurence of L.schreiberi in the Pyrenees. Otherwise Ilian should just take a look at the book that you guys made
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:At least I can crawl back on my chair now.
Ilian Velikov wrote:Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:At least I can crawl back on my chair now.
Come on, how many times did we look at those maps, drawings and text...?
Ilian Velikov wrote:Thanks Nils! At first the lack of rocks seemed like an odd feature of a lizard habitat but then when I thought about it actually I can't recall seeing Lacerta (viridis or trilineata) in a truly rocky habitat in Bulgaria, and I've seen a lot of them many times. It was always similar to what you described, and if there were any rocks/stones they were still overgrown with vegetation. It makes sense when you look at their coloration, they did evolve for blending in with thick vegetation and not rocks.
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:Then the colour of the males of Iberolacerta monticola doesn't make sense.
Jeroen Speybroeck wrote:I also got back from Asturias and saw only two (but could very well be me...). Nils, do you plan on showing us some pics of your trip?
While in Lacerta the nuptial color (which is related to male fitness) is blue
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