what is this ?

[South hams hunter 8,820]

In groups but always on something that holds heat ... Not seen one on grass ever to think of it

[South hams hunter 8,820]

18 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Iv only ever saw them up moors in singles on walls an in mountains as kids in heather an rocks but saw an caught enough to know difference

Only ever known one place round here for em and that's now gone unfortunately

[mackem 23,691]

Always liked reptiles and amphibians,spent an afternoon looking for snakes and lizards in Bangkok earlier in the year,inner-city monitor lizards.

 

[Welsh_red 4,303]

2 hours ago, mackem said:

Always liked reptiles and amphibians,spent an afternoon looking for snakes and lizards in Bangkok earlier in the year,inner-city monitor lizards.

 

Are they just lurking around the waters in the city?

[foxdropper 17,092]

Commen newt mate .They go black when cold .The young are leaving ponds now so expect a few about if you have them. 

[mackem 23,691]

29 minutes ago, Welsh_red said:

Are they just lurking around the waters in the city?

Loads of canals in Bangkok,wander down them,you see monitors everywhere,i have seen turtles,python and cobras as well in the past,i put a pic on here 4 or 5 years ago of a monitor in central Bangkok eating a bullfrog,cant find the pic though?

 

[mackem 23,691]

21 minutes ago, mackem said:

,i put a pic on here 4 or 5 years ago of a monitor in central Bangkok eating a bullfrog,

Just did a search and found the pic,you can see another monitor coming over to him on the right,the bullfrog isn't so clear though 

 

[Tarw mawr 153]

[forest of dean redneck 11,183]

It’s a Welsh dragon

[peterhunter86 8,627]

10 hours ago, South hams hunter said:

Where we caught them as kids was a bit of wasteland and only an area of a few hundred yards square and could pick up 20/40 in an afternoon. You'd often get them in twos and threes basking on the anthills

When you caught them did you try keep them or did you release them 

[Welsh_red 4,303]

29 minutes ago, mackem said:

Just did a search and found the pic,you can see another monitor coming over to him on the right,the bullfrog isn't so clear though 

 

Always loved monitors.  Fancied a bosc before but never did 

[fireman 10,774]

Reptiles need warmth from the sun to get moving about, so you won't see them at night ,as for keeping common lizards i did as a young lad have a few but come towards the end of summer i always let them go back where i caught them as i was worried about the hybernation bit.used to feed them on fly's,maggots and other bugs i found around the garden at home and they all lived ok in a fish tank in my bedroom..

[mackem 23,691]

7 minutes ago, Welsh_red said:

Always loved monitors.  Fancied a bosc before but never did 

I went to komodo years ago,25+ years?When you used to be allowed to buy a live goat to feed themand the guide would push it down into the ravine  Eaten monitor as well,interesting lizards.

[South hams hunter 8,820]

25 minutes ago, peterhunter86 said:

When you caught them did you try keep them or did you release them 

We use to keep them as kids, we had a bath in my mates garden that we turnt into a little zoo with lizards and slow worms

[ginger beard 4,652]

21 minutes ago, South hams hunter said:

We use to keep them as kids, we had a bath in my mates garden that we turnt into a little zoo with lizards and slow worms

Slow worms are lizards.