You know blue spotted A. fragilis?

[Ronald Zimmerman]

Painting lizards, now that's just wrong...

Haha lol

Beautiful blue btw.

[Berislav Horvatic]

Thanks, Mario.

I'm afraid that "should be" here means "allegedly", ...

So I was right: even the previous author, Ivan Zwach, had not checked...
I. Zwach (1990), page 116:
"In the National Museum there is a preserved slow worm which is completely blue
(oral communication by J. Čihař 1985)."

[Jeroen Speybroeck]

Thanks, Mario.

I'm afraid that "should be" here means "allegedly", ...

So I was right: even the previous author, Ivan Zwach, had not checked...
I. Zwach (1990), page 116:
"In the National Museum there is a preserved slow worm which is completely blue
(oral communication by J. Čihař 1985)."

Also, let's not rule out post mortem colour shifts in this NM specimen, e.g. I'm sure many of you have seen how blue Lacerta agilis can go after death.