What Native Reptiles Have You Seen

[Blazin]

When i was like 5 or 6 we had loads of sand lizards in the garden. also i saw a big green snake going behind a bush last year and also a few brownish snakes eating frogs in my pond. and our pond was full of newts, they were black with like bits of orangeish. and i saw the worlds biggest toad in my garden! Lol. i really want to find some slowworms or common lizards etc. Dan

[corvid2e1]

Originally Posted by yellow_rat_gal

As far as laws go, adders and smooth snakes are fully protected, ie do not disturb, catch, kill, sell, etc.

The majority of others (grass snakes, common lizards) you ARE allowed to catch them, you can breed them, however you ARE NOT allowed to sell the parents or first generation offspring.

adders you can catch/keep etc, but being vipers they are DWA. smooth snakes and sand lizards are totaly protected. the rest you can keep as long as you caught them your self. you can't sell, trade, give away etc.

[punky_jen]

I have never seen any!! I used to go looking for slow worms as a kid, but never found any.

[miffikins]

My mum got bitten by an adder in the garden. We have quite a big garden that backs onto fields and a nature reserve and we used to have long grass at the bottom. I assume she didn't see it and stood on it! Her leg swelled up massive and the hospital had to put this tar sort of stuff on it.

Also got a sand lizard once in a bag of sand that got delivered for the drive. Took it to the vets and they sent it to somewhere to look after it as they're not found near where I am. But thats about it really!

[Evolution]

I saw a grass snake being chased about by 3 moorhens in a lake yesterday.

[samroyal2]

slow worms
loads of grass snakes when fishing but havn't seen a adder yet

[Spider Call]

A young adder stuck in a large tub of water D: soooo i fished it out with a stick <<... It tried to bite me XD
Slow worms
Grass snake who almost got mowed with the lawn

[dani11983]

I saw a hatchling grass snake last week. One yr 7 lad and his mate has 'caught' it and as we were doing ecological relationships as the science topic he thought i would like to see it.

The poor little mite. It had no water and the lad had put crickets in that were at least five times its width. No wonder it was WELL hidden.

I confiscated it, put some water in for it and got rid of the crickets. I tried to persuade the kid to release his new "pet" where he had found it.

He says he has but I doubt it.