Reptiles in the woods

An interesting phenomenon observed in this lizard during a sweltering July heat. Sat for a long time the land is not wetted by rain, and trees, shrubs, grasses began to dry by the drought, the lizard burrows into the leaves, crawl under the roots of trees and empties into the temporary numbness, a kind of summer hibernation. In early August, will now begin to breed too. He lays about thirty eggs the size of a pigeon. They are soft, leathery shell and connected to each other like beads special dry matter. Taking up one end, you can raise all the "necklace". Really lays eggs in some loose pile pile of rotting leaves, the soft peat moss, warm manure, where, thanks to rot develops a lot of heat. On hot days, countless biting insects - black flies, horse flies, mosquitoes and flies zhigalok - hurts not only the livestock. Wild animals, especially ungulates, are suffering from them no less.