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Four species of snake are, the European adder, grass snake, barred grass snake [2] and smooth snake.Some introduced snakes are aesculapian snake and dice snakes.. Adder. Lizards found in England are slowworms, common lizards, sand lizards, European green lizards (introduced) and the common wall lizard (introduced from mainland Europe - found in the Isle of Wight.)
This is a list of mammals of Great Britain. The diversity of mammal fauna of Great Britain is somewhat impoverished compared to that of Continental Europe , due to the short period of time between the last ice age and the flooding of the land bridge between Great Britain and the rest of Europe.
The red deer is the largest native mammal species, and is common throughout England, Scotland and Wales. The other indigenous species is the roe deer . The common fallow deer was not naturally present Britain during the Holocene, having been brought over from France by the Normans in the late 11th century.
Gray squirrel - Italy, Scotland, England, Ireland (from North America) Finlayson's squirrel [110] Pallas's squirrel [111] Siberian chipmunk - France, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Finland, England (from further east in Eurasia) Muskrat - E Scandinavia, W France, north to Denmark, east to Ukraine, south to N Greece; Brown rat - throughout (from ...
Image Name Distribution Leatherback sea turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) Foraging [8]: Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) Vagrant [9]: Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Vagrant [10]
A member of this family is called a deer or a cervid. They are widespread throughout North and South America, Europe, and Asia, and are found in a wide variety of biomes. Cervids range in size from the 60 cm (24 in) long and 32 cm (13 in) tall pudú to the 3.4 m (11.2 ft) long and 3.4 m (11.2 ft) tall moose.
This is a list of amphibians of Great Britain. There are seven amphibian species native to Great Britain , in addition, there are a number of naturalized species. The natives comprise three newts , two toads and two frogs .
A few hundred beavers live wild in the Tay river basin, as a result of escapes from a wildlife park. [73] A similar reintroduction trial is being undertaken on the river otter in Devon, England. [74] Also, around the country, beavers have been introduced into fenced reserves for many reasons including flood prevention. [75]