Re: You know blue spotted A. fragilis?
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:59 pmKristian Munkholm wrote:Painting lizards, now that's just wrong...
Haha lol
Beautiful blue btw.
Haha lol
Beautiful blue btw.
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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:59 pmHaha lol
Beautiful blue btw.
Re: You know blue spotted A. fragilis?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:18 pmThanks, Mario.
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)."
Berislav Horvatic wrote: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)."
Re: You know blue spotted A. fragilis?
Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:31 pmBerislav Horvatic wrote:Thanks, Mario.Berislav Horvatic wrote: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.