15 September β 9 November
the coastal calendar, unshifted
Walls, ruins and railway cuttings inland; replaces the Italian wall lizard away from the sea.
The most cold-tolerant lizard here, which is why it is the one still active on Velebit in October when everything else has gone under. Males hold small territories on a single wall face for the whole season.
photos, sightings and recordings, off this site
where this species is on the list
| Phase | When | Length | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| wintering in cover | 10 November β 28 February | 111 days | Reptile dormancy β sluggish rather than truly asleep, and broken by warm spells. |
| going about the year | 1 March β 4 April | 35 days | Feeding, holding territory, doing nothing the calendar singles out. |
| courting | 5 April β 4 May | 30 days | Song, display, fighting, scent-marking β pairs forming or reaffirming. |
| on eggs | 5 May β 30 June | 57 days | Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun. |
| raising young | 1 July β 14 September | 76 days | Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed. |
| young dispersing | 15 September β 9 November | 56 days | Young leaving for good, looking for a territory of their own. |