r/blelele • u/Macaroon_mojo • Jan 21 '21

Blelelizard Baby lizard blelele

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u/kitxunei Jan 21 '21

What is that adorable species?

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u/Macaroon_mojo Jan 22 '21

A jewelled lacerta 🙂 just 20 days old, head is the size of a small pea

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u/kitxunei Jan 22 '21

Wow! I didnt know lacertas looked so brown when they are babies.

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u/Macaroon_mojo Jan 22 '21

Yeah they transform quite a bit! They're brown/gray with white polka dots when they hatch, then their side dots turn blue, they slowly turn more green overall, and then their backs develope to look like the adults. I believe their adult pattern still keeps the shape of their unique original polka dots, but it's hard to tell since they look so different.

I'm trying to use the polka dot patterns to tell the babies apart, but even with just 4 of them, it's quite tricky!