fragilis

When we returned to our Burren I began repeating the "work" for our native lizards, the common lizard, Lacerta vivipara and the legless lizard, the slowworm Anguis fragilis (although the latter was probably introduced into the Burren as they are not native to Ireland).

Country diary: The Burren, Ireland Sarah Poyntz 2010

His spex brought it into focus – it was a greenleg, one of three distinct local species whose skeletons would have been classified as Allosaurus fragilis if found fossilized.

Archive 2009-07-26 Sean Craven 2009

His spex brought it into focus – it was a greenleg, one of three distinct local species whose skeletons would have been classified as Allosaurus fragilis if found fossilized.

Evopunk Lives! Stones, Episode Two Sean Craven 2009

Some noteworthy reptiles are Mauremys caspica, Lacerta schreiberi, Anguis fragilis, and Macroprotodon cucullatus.

Northwest Iberian montane forests 2008

Approximately 160 species of phanerogams, three club-mosses Lycopodium annotinum, Diphasiastrum alpinum and Huperzia selago, two horsetails Equisetum arvense and E. variegatum, and four ferns Cystopteris fragilis, Dryopteris fragrans, Woodsia ilvensis and Woodsia glabella occur in the nominated area.

Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008

In Britain it used to be thought that blue-spotted animals represented a distinct subspecies that was dubbed Anguis fragilis colchica, but in fact there is no such taxonomic entity.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

The slow-worm, Anguis fragilis L.; a reptile new to the Irish fauna.

Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006

Willows (Salix cinerea and S. fragilis) dominate riparian and wetland margins, causing silt build up and shrinking natural habitats.

Southland temperate forests 2007

Cystopteris fragilis and the Blechnum spicant, but I hear that the

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains 2007

Braided river habitat and surrounding wetlands are at risk from weeds like willows (Salix cinerea and S. fragilis) and Russell lupins (Lupinus polyphyllus) which can colonize and stabilize the dynamic gravels.

Cantebury-Otago tussock grasslands 2007