Ilian Velikov wrote:Ruggero Morimando wrote:But, should I find a lizard as the one of your picture where I live (where only muralis and rarely sicula are found) I would think: "it's a rather strange lizard, with those four well marked white longitudinal stripes..."
Now you got be confused
If there are mainly muralis in your area why would you think a lizard like this is strange? The 4 white lines look very typical for female muralis to me...or are muralis in your area different?
The answer is the following, and it's double faced.
I know that the lizard of your picture is not a muralis and so I'm forced to find some differences from the muralis I normally see.
But, and this is a fact, the females of muralis I normally see where I live are not so "well striped" as the one of your picture. The stripes are present, very often, but, if I remember well, not so well represented. But I could also be wrong...
And your lizard, considering the form of the broad basis of the tail, seems also to be a male and not a female. And this would be another confusing factor for my poor knowledges about lizards...
But now I'm asking you. How would you say it's a liolepis if well marked stripes are not a distinctive trait?