Reptiles

  • Adder
    Adder
    The adder (Vipera berus) is the UK’s only venomous snake. However, their secretive nature and camouflaged markings mean they often go unnoticed.
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  • Common Lizard
    Common Lizard
    The common lizard is most frequently seen on commons, heaths, moorland, dry stone walls, embankments and sea cliffs around the British Isles.
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  • Grass Snake
    Grass Snake
    Grass snakes (Natrix natrix) are found throughout England and Wales. Feeding primarily on fish and amphibians.
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  • Leatherback Turtle
    Leatherback Turtle
    These spectacular reptiles are seasonal visitors to UK seas, migrating from their tropical nesting beaches.
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  • Sand Lizard
    Sand Lizard
    Due to vast habitat loss the sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) now only occurs naturally in Surrey, Dorset, Hampshire and Merseyside. 
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  • Slow Worm
    Slow Worm
    The slow-worm (Anguis fragilis) is often found in gardens and is widespread throughout the British Isles; it is naturally absent from Ireland.
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  • Smooth Snake
    Smooth Snake
    The smooth snake (Coronella austriaca) is Britain's rarest reptile, found only on heathlands in Dorset and Hampshire and on one or two heaths in Surrey and West Sussex. 
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