Western Green Lizard Hatchling
Lacerta bilineata (hatchling)
Tiny hatchlings keep to dense grass, leaf litter, and sunny edges of scrub where cover is close by. They hunt very small insects, spiders, and other soft-bodied invertebrates with quick darting movements. Their striped juvenile pattern helps break up their outline among stems and shadows. Like older lizards, they can shed the tail if seized, but doing so is costly for such a small animal.
- Type
- Swift
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Western Green Lizard Hatchling
- Western Green Lizard Juvenile
- Western Green Lizard