AnimalsCroatia
Green lizard Fun facts for kids
Lacerta viridis
The green lizard lives in sunny bushes and meadows in Europe and eats insects, spiders and snails.
- Where it lives
- in sunny bushes and meadows in Europe
- What it eats
- insects, spiders and snails
- How big it is
- about as long as a ruler
Fun facts about the green lizard
The ones Sammy likes best. She tells them in the game, too.
If an animal grabs its tail, the tail snaps off and keeps wiggling while the lizard runs away!
A lost tail grows back, but the new one is shorter and plainer.
Its tail is twice as long as the rest of its body.
Baby green lizards are brown, and they turn green as they grow up.
In spring, boy green lizards get a bright blue throat.
The mother buries her eggs in warm soil and lets the sun keep them warm.
It flicks its tongue in and out to smell things around it.
It sleeps underground all winter and wakes up when spring comes.
Riddle
Can a friend guess it?
Read the clues to someone, one at a time, without saying the animal. How many clues do they need? Fewer is better, just like in the game.
I love lying in the warm sun on bushy hillsides and in meadows.
I sleep underground all winter and wake up when spring comes.
I flick my tongue in and out to smell what is around me.
If something grabs my tail, it snaps off and keeps wiggling while I run away.
I'm brown as a baby, then bright green, and in spring the boys get blue throats.
Sammy might be thinking of a green lizard.
In Thought Zoo, Sammy picks an animal and you ask her yes-or-no questions to find it. You'll find the green lizard in the Croatia adventure.
Play the CroatiaComing to iPad, iPhone and Android on 12 January 2027
