Werner Lantermann (born 1956, social scientist) and Yvonne Lantermann (born 1966, secretary) have together been engaged in private animal husbandry for many years in their large natural garden on the western edge of the Ruhr area. Their main focus is on horses, parrots and native lizards. In addition, they are enthusiastic animal and nature photographers and enjoy traveling in Southern Europe. For many years they have reported in pictures and words from these trips and from their keeping experiences with lizards in various German-language reptile and terrarium magazines. The present book informs in detail about the lizard species occurring in Germany. In addition to numerous biotope photographs, species protection projects and interesting information about the individual species, the reader learns everything important about these fascinating reptiles. In addition.