Sun in sight, shelter nearby
For a freckle, an open space is not enough.
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The form of the University of Évora associates sardão to areas with good sun exposure and refuges: shrubs, stone walls, burrows and other cavities. It also describes the use of agricultural fields and pine clearings. It is the general ecology of the species with a historical record in Gondiães, not an inventory of the animals or shelters that today exist in this parish.
The sardine, Timon lepidus, is also known as the occelated lizard. The description of the University of Évora highlights the blue patches bordered with black on the flanks and the robust head. The total length can reach 80 centimeters, including the tail: it is not 80 centimeters of body only. The tail can exceed twice the body length.
Sun and shelter are two parts of the same habitat. A clearing offers exhibition, but the bushes, cavities and walls introduce refuges into the landscape. This is the combination that the chart describes, not a preference for any ground simply open. The Gondiães register helps connect the species to local natural history; the explanation of the habitat does not transform all the walls of the parish into confirmed presence sites.
Sun, water and different shapes
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Registration of Gondiães
A mackerel was registered in Gondiães →Sun and humidity by the water
A lizard between the sun and humidity →A lizard with another shape
No paws, but it is not a snake →
Source and context
University of Évora — Virtual Museum of Biodiversity, Timon lepidus; MVBIO / Darío Estradiz López
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Editorial summary; the date of consultation is not the date of the facts.