{"id":1634,"date":"2014-07-11T15:56:00","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1634"},"modified":"2018-05-08T07:27:00","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T07:27:00","slug":"italian-wall-lizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1634","title":{"rendered":"Italian Wall Lizards"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1020646.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Italian Wall Lizard \u2013 Sorrento, Italy\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/P1020646_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Italian Wall Lizard \u2013 Sorrento, Italy\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Italian Wall Lizard \u2013 Sorrento, Italy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Strange to recall that the last Wall Lizards we\u2019d seen were on the outskirts of Bournemouth. Great to finally catch up with their Italian relatives.<\/p>\n<p>In actual fact it was difficult to avoid them. Every wall and patch of grass appeared to have its own colony. From Herculaneum and Pompeii to the summit of Vesuvius and the hotel balcony they were everywhere. Up walls, in trees, hiding behind gutters, sneaking in through open windows the sheer number of Wall Lizards was phenomenal.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_7486.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Pair of Italian Wall Lizards \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_7486_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Pair of Italian Wall Lizards \" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_7532.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Wall Lizard by the side of a footpath \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_7532_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Wall Lizard by the side of a footpath \" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Pair of Italian Wall Lizards at the base of a Yucca in the hotel grounds<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\">Another by the side of the footpath close to Sorrento<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/objectwidth=560height=315paramname=movievalue=\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D2s8b7X2Pn8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\/paramparamname=allowFullScreenvalue=true\/paramparamname=allowscriptaccessvalue=always\/paramembedsrc=\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D2s8b7X2Pn8?version=3&amp;hl=en_UStype=application\/x-shockwave-flashwidth=560height=315allowscriptaccess=alwaysallowfullscreen=true\/embed\/object\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D2s8b7X2Pn8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/D2s8b7X2Pn8?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">A short video of Italian Wall Lizards.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_7742.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"Mediterranean House Gecko \u2013 Sorrento, Italy\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/DSC_7742_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mediterranean House Gecko \u2013 Sorrento, Italy\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><em>Mediterranean House Gecko \u2013 Sorrento, Italy<\/em><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">During the evenings the Wall Lizards were joined by the Mediterranean House Gecko. Their ability to cling to the underside of even the smoothest of surfaces was particularly impressive.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian Wall Lizard \u2013 Sorrento, Italy Strange to recall that the last Wall Lizards we\u2019d seen were on the outskirts of Bournemouth. Great to finally catch up with their Italian relatives. In actual fact it was difficult to avoid them. 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