Viviparous lizard
Zootoca vivipara
- it is one of the smallest lizards in Slovakia with
length of about 15 – 18 cm - its colour is brown with dark longitudinal stripes
on its back and sides - its diet is made up of spiders, insects, molluscs, but also worms and centipedes
- the only lizard giving birth to live young – viviparous
- it is viviparous, giving birth to 5 – 7 young (exceptionally 12)
- it lives near water sources, on higher, rocky
locations or in cracks of rocks