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Old Monday 22nd August 2005, 22:23   #1
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Reptile and Amphibian ID

Can anyone ID these for me


The first was taken in Tenessee
The second in Portugal


Thanks


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Old Wednesday 24th August 2005, 17:45   #2
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Can anyone ID these for me


The first was taken in Tenessee
The second in Portugal


Thanks


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1 is an american toad Bufo americanus
2 is either an escapee/released pet red eared slider or a european pond terrapin I think,
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1 is an american toad Bufo americanus
2 is either an escapee/released pet red eared slider or a european pond terrapin I think,
Many thanks, I saw the terrapin's everywhere around the Algarve.

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Old Monday 5th September 2005, 23:45   #4
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Many thanks, I saw the terrapin's everywhere around the Algarve.

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an anyone ID this terrapin photographed in Florida, and the lizard from France

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The Lizard is a Lacerta viridis male, I think.
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The terrapin in the first Photo (Portugal) does look much like the European Species (Emys orbicularis)
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The terrapin in the first Photo (Portugal) does look much like the European Species (Emys orbicularis)

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Old Tuesday 6th September 2005, 15:44   #8
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The Lizard is a Lacerta viridis male, I think.
Might be Lacerta biliniata. Do you get L. viridis in France?

The image is from www.herp.it I hope they don't mind!

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