20 September β 10 December
the coastal calendar, shifted 10 days later for this region
Every warm wall, path and harbour edge on the coast; the default lizard of a Dalmatian summer.
Barely brumates on the coast β a sunny January day will bring it out β so the dormant window below is the shortest of any reptile here. Two or three clutches between late April and July.
photos, sightings and recordings, off this site
where this species is on the list
| Phase | When | Length | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| wintering in cover | 11 December β 24 February | 76 days | Reptile dormancy β sluggish rather than truly asleep, and broken by warm spells. |
| going about the year | 25 February β 3 April | 38 days | Feeding, holding territory, doing nothing the calendar singles out. |
| courting | 4 April β 4 May | 31 days | Song, display, fighting, scent-marking β pairs forming or reaffirming. |
| on eggs | 5 May β 29 June | 56 days | Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun. |
| raising young | 30 June β 19 September | 82 days | Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed. |
| young dispersing | 20 September β 10 December | 82 days | Young leaving for good, looking for a territory of their own. |