(02-02-2016, 08:02 PM)davidjackson wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Don't think there are many lizards in northern Europe - are you thinking of a You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.?
There are many lizards in northern and temperature zones, they're just not big like the ones in hotter countries. They live in many of the same eco niches as garter snakes. Unfortunately, a high percentage of lizards (and amphibians) is now going extinct due to habitat loss.
No, I'm not thinking of a newt. They are amphibians and usually have smooth, not ridged backs.
Also, the lizard-scorpios tend to be from Central Europe, not northern Europe. The northern European Scorpios, when they diverge from the traditional scorpion, are usually serpents/dragons, as the example Don posted from Canterbury Cathedral.
Many of the lizard-Scorpio depictions from Lombardy and eastern France expressly depict that ridged back and there is a lizard in the same areas in which the lizard-Scorpio drawings originate that has a ridged back that possibly served as inspiration for the drawings.