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Post by mark68 on Apr 14, 2007 16:37:43 GMT
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Post by Killian on Apr 15, 2007 12:08:40 GMT
Rob should be able to answer this question
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Post by robpilley on Apr 16, 2007 9:02:48 GMT
Hey Mark and all
the first pic shows a pair of what looks like typical eastern exigua, both males and females possessing three dorsal stripes (although these can be quite obscured in adults).
The second pic are chersonensis/ exigua intergrades that exist where the two subspecies meet along the western edge of the exigua/ eastern edge of the chersonensis range.
Gorgeous animals.
Rob
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Post by mark68 on Apr 19, 2007 16:43:29 GMT
Thanks Rob for your advice.
Mark
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Post by Iowarth on May 11, 2007 14:33:08 GMT
Haven't been here for a while or I would have replied. Rob is quite right but, knowing the region from which they came then either they are predominantly exigua with a touch of chersonesis OR the known chersonensis range spreads much further south and east than is supposed to be the case. I prefer the latter since they are actually more chersonensis like than exigua like. This will become apparent as they grow. Chersonensis belong to the western group of Sands and strongly resemble British sand lizards in retaining their pattern and size. The easterners such as exigua grow considerably larger and in most males the pattern becomes very, very indistinct - if discernible at all !
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