On Tue, 27 Jul 2004 16:28:33 +0100, "BAC"
wrote:

Cross examination of my wife on the subject of her claim to have seen
a lizard in our Zuid Holland garden revealed that what she saw was
probably a newt.

What makes you suspect she saw a newt rather than a lizard?

She identified it as a newt from the photos in Garden Wildlife
(Collins Nature Guides) Michael Chinery.

The local inquisition is rarely wrong :-)

--
Martin