Holmsley
(Hampshire)

Closest Town:

NEW (5.0 km)

Introduction date:

1986

Site Name:

Holmsley

Source of introduction:

Escapees from captive bred stock. Believed to be a mixture of sources, including imported French stock and captured animals from the Shoreham, Ventnor and Birdbrook colonies.

Site Access:

Private

Colony Status:

Extant

Relative population estimate:

60

Extirpation date:

N/a

Two colonies are known to be established in gardens in Hampshire. This colony results from a very few individuals which escaped from a large outdoor vivarium in the summer of 1986. The lizards took up residence in the owner's garden and did not (initially) venture far from the vivarium, taking up residence within a log pile. The colony is believed to have now spread to adjoining premises.

Not assessed

Residential gardens, surrounded by coniferous open forest and heathland.

Probably the green backed form, with origins from Italy.