Geoff Simpson / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Peak District NP, Derbyshire, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Common / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} portrait, Bradworthy, Devon, UK.

Ross Hoddinott / Common lizard (Lacerta vivipara). Pregnant female? Cornwall, UK

Ross Hoddinott / Common / Viviparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara) Pregnant female? Cornwall, UK

Kim Taylor / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} eating a Meadow spider. Captive, UK.

Solvin Zankl / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} captive

Solvin Zankl / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} captive

Solvin Zankl / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} captive

Michael Hutchinson / Close up of tail of Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Viviparous lizard shedding skin {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Viviparous lizard, melanistic morph {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Viviparous lizard, two colour morphs {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Juvenile Viviparous lizard basking {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Viviparous lizard, green morph {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, UK.

Michael Hutchinson / Vivaparous lizard in grass {Lacerta vivipara} Somerset, England

Philippe Clement / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Luxembourg

John Cancalosi / Viviparous / Common lizard portrait {Lacerta vivipara} UK

Ross Hoddinott / Viviparous / Common lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Cornwall, UK

Geoff Simpson / Common / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Derbyshire Dales, England

David Kjaer / Viviparous (Common) lizard portrait {Lacerta vivipara} Wiltshire, UK

David Kjaer / Viviparous (Common) lizard portrait {Lacerta vivipara} Wiltshire, UK

Philippe Clement / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Luxembourg

Paul Hobson / Viviparous lizard on gritstone England, South Yorkshire

Andrew Cooper / Viviparous / common lizard on wall (Lacerta vivipara) Devon, UK

Tim Edwards / Viviparous lizard (Lacerta vivipara) on rusted metal sheet

Geoff Simpson / Viviparous lizard {Lacerta vivipara} Peak District NP, UK Derbyshire

David Kjaer / Viviparous lizard male {Lacerta vivipara} Wiltshire, UK

Ashley Cooper / Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) with missing tail, portrait, Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve, Cumbria, UK. June.

Ashley Cooper / Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) basking on a plank of wood, Foulshaw Moss Nature Reserve, Cumbria, UK. June.

SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Two Common lizards (Zootoca vivipara) face to face on a rock, Scotland, UK. September.

Robin Chittenden / Common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) resting on wood, Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk, UK. August.

Ross Hoddinott / Common lizard (Lacerta vivipara) basking on log, close-up of head, Meeth Quarry, Devon, UK.

Alex Hyde / Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) basking on lichen-covered tree stump. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.

Jussi Murtosaari / Viviparous lizard (Zootoca vivipara), Finland, August.

Russell Cooper / Common Lizard (Lacerta vivipara) basking on boardwalk, Thursley Common National Nature Reserve, Surrey, UK, July.