Gecko and Waterfowl ID

I rescued this pretty little chappie today from the clutches of Rasputin. He had two small wounds but dashed off over the rock wall. We have never seen this one before ... he was about 16cm long ... any ideas? Strongy?





And I am not good on waterfowl but these three were in the river on Sunday. I am thinking the black one could be a Moorhen but have no idea on the other two ...







Thank you in advance.

 

Hi Vicky, a great find and rescue. It's an Eyed Lizard (Lacetra Lepida) the largest Lizard in Europe and only found on the Iberian Pen and Southern France. A mature male would be bright green with blue spots and large some can grow to over 2ft long" including tail and will normally attack if cornered. Yours appears to be a subadult not turning green yet.
The ducks are hybrids, not sure what crossed wirh what, although there seems to be a bit of Muscovy as there are knobbly bits on the bill.

 

Thank you so much for the Lizard ID strongy. :luv: It shows a parent and youngster in my Med Wildlife book but the picture is not as good as mine and does not show up the intensely blue spots. We hope ours will come back and visit when it is older and bigger and give Rasputin a scare!

 

I must admit is unusual to see the bright blue spots on a brown juvenile. Where there is one there should be more but they aren't as common as Wall Lizards or Geckos.

 

Great shots, Sis! :gnthb: :gnthb:

I just love the pics of the lizard and how lucky you were able to be able to get them. Goodness, but they can get big!! How big do you think this one was?

It looks like it lost it's tail at one point but it has grown back.

Muscovy, that's it! Wf used to photograph one in a nearby park that looked like this but it was all white. So am sure you are right in saying that they are hybrids, Strongy.

 

I wondered about the tail also, Sis.

Rasputin brought another lizard home yesterday which I retrieved and put back in the orchard. I can't find it in my book either but it was very slim and dark and had two long red streaks on either side of it's head ... any thoughts, strongy? Sorry I was too busy capturing it to photograph it.

 

Can't say for sure as the four native Iberian 'wall' Lizards do look fairly similar and all are variable.
It was possibly the Iberian Wall Lizard (Podarcis Hispanica) or the Large Psammodromus ( Psammodromus Hispanica). Never be without your camera.:D