Iberian emerald lizard

Obrigado Tukup :-) a little jewel indeed and the place it take you for a past time when people live from the land,beautiful

Parabéns Antonio. Isso é um lagarto bonito em um lugar bonito.

Thanks Neil :-)

Awesome SOTD, Antonio. Congratulations.

Thanks Hema and Mark :-)

Congrats Antonio.

Congrats!!Beautiful spotting!

Thanks Maria :-)

Congratulations, Antonio!

Thanks very much Danièle for the SOTD and thanks Jonathan for your nice words,this guy is now world famous and have a permanent spot on the sun,i have to give him the news :-)

Felicitaciones por el SOTD.

We're finally giving this lizard its well deserved spot in the sun António! It's our Spotting of the Day:

"Endemic to the Iberian peninsula, this vividly colored Iberian Emerald Lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) is our Spotting of the Day! The male is striking with a green back with black spots and a bright blue neck, while the female is a duller brown-green with a smaller light brown head. Make sure to check the spotting for more images and to discover this lizard's habitat, granite walls in a mountainous rural area of Portugal".

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Thanks Ashley and Neil.
These ancient agriculture little villages located in the north montains are amazing,they have a traditional way of harvesting the land that permit the wildlife live also arround,profiting of the farms "remains",grains in the floor,excrements of the cattle,etc...They have also have summer villages,call Brandas where they,in the past,live during the summer,they are located upper in the montains,it's our next goal :-)

This is an excellent spotting, Antonio. Such a beautiful lizard. And I really like that you've included the habitat photos as well, particularly the last one. Puts everything into perspective. All the best for your SOTW nomination.

Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!

Thanks Leuba :-)The place is one of those montain valleys,where people still work on the fields almost like they did in the past.Very well preserved.

Great looking lizard and what a lovely place.

Thanks Ashley and Maria :-)

Like the close-up and then "zooming out"!

Your spotting has been nominated for the Spotting of the Week. The winner will be chosen by the Project Noah Rangers based on a combination of factors including: uniqueness of the shot, status of the organism (for example, rare or endangered), quality of the information provided in the habitat and description sections. There is a subjective element, of course; the spotting with the highest number of Ranger votes is chosen. Congratulations on being nominated!

Thanks Mark and Danièle,the photo does not make credit to his collours,"live" the collours are even more strike,a real emerald :-) the place is beautiful,it's near a rural mountain village,Sistelo,where they make a wood walkway above the river Vez,so we can see the beauty of the place without damage nature.

A jewel like the emerald it's named from! Great series António!

Super series Antonio. Love the habitat.

Thanks Zlatan for your kind words,they have incredible collours

Real beauty!