Editing Common buzzard (section)

===Reptiles and amphibians===
[[File:Buzzard caught an Aesculapian Snake but flew away and lost his prey, so I could take a photo of the snake.jpg|thumb|A buzzard that caught a large [[green whip snake]] but was flushed from its catch.]]
[[File:Steppe Buzzard, Armenia imported from iNaturalist photo 3325336.jpg|thumb|A steppe buzzard (''B. b. vulpinus'') with a [[Lacerta media|medium lizard]] prey in [[Armenia]].]]
The common buzzard may be the most regular avian predator of reptiles and amphibians in Europe apart from the sections where they are sympatric with the largely snake-eating [[short-toed eagle]].<ref>Martin, J. (1990). ''Amphibians and reptiles as prey of birds in southwestern Europe''. Smithsonian Herpetological Information Service.</ref> In total, the prey spectrum of common buzzards include nearly 50 herpetological prey species. In studies from northern and southern Spain, the leading prey numerically were both reptilian, although in [[Biscay]] (northern Spain) the leading prey (19%) was classified as "unidentified snakes". In [[Region of Murcia|Murcia]], the most numerous prey was the {{cvt|77.2|g}} [[ocellated lizard]] (''Timon lepidus''), at 32.9%. In total, at Biscay and Murcia, reptiles accounted for 30.4% and 35.9% of the prey items, respectively. Findings were similar in a separate study from northeastern Spain, where reptiles amounted to 35.9% of prey.<ref name= Zuberogoitia/><ref name= Manosa/><ref>Bustamante, J. (1985). ''Alimentación del ratonero común (Buteo buteo, L. 1758) en el Norte de Espana''. Donana, Acta Vertebrata, 12, 51–62.</ref> In [[Bari]], Italy, reptiles were the main prey, making up almost exactly half of the biomass, led by the large [[green whip snake]] (''Hierophis viridiflavus''), at 24.2% of food mass.<ref name= Scillitani/> In [[Stavropol Krai]], Russia, the {{cvt|20|g}} [[sand lizard]] (''Lacerta agilis'') was the main prey at 23.7% of 55 prey items.<ref name= Chernichko/> The {{cvt|16|g}} [[Anguis fragilis|slowworm]] (''Anguis fragilis''), a legless lizard, became the most numerous prey for the buzzards of southern Norway in low vole years, amounting to 21.3% of 244 prey items in 1993 and were also common even in the peak vole year of 1994 (19% of 332 prey items).<ref name= Selas2/> More or less any snake in Europe is potential prey and the buzzard has been known to be uncharacteristically bold in going after and overpowering large snakes such as [[Elaphe|rat snake]]s, ranging up to nearly {{cvt|1.5|m}} in length, and healthy, large [[Vipera|vipers]] despite the danger of being struck by such prey.<ref name= Selas2/><ref>Meek, R. (2013). ''Post hibernation movements in an aspic viper, Vipera aspis''. Herpetological Bulletin, 125, 22–24.</ref><ref>Ettling, J. A., Aghasyan, L. A., Aghasyan, A. L., & Parker, P. G. (2013). ''Spatial ecology of Armenian Vipers, Montivipera raddei, in a human-modified landscape''. Copeia, 2013(1), 64–71.</ref><ref>Spellerberg, I. F. (1975). ''The grass snake in Britain''. Oryx, 13(2), 179–184.</ref> However, in at least one case, the corpse of a female buzzard was found envenomed over the body of an [[European adder|adder]] that it had killed.<ref>Guthrie, J. E. (1932). ''Snakes versus birds; birds versus snakes''. The Wilson Bulletin, 44(2), 88–113.</ref> In some parts of range, the common buzzard acquires the habit of taking many frogs and toads.<ref name= Ferguson-Lees/> This was the case in the [[Mogilev Region]] of [[Belarus]] where the {{cvt|23|g}} [[moor frog]] (''Rana arvalis'') was the major prey (28.5%) over several years, followed by other frogs and toads amounting to 39.4% of the diet over the years.<ref name= Chernichko/> In central [[Scotland]], the {{cvt|46|g}} [[common toad]] (''Bufo bufo'') was the most numerous prey species, accounting for 21.7% of 263 prey items, while the [[common frog]] (''Rana temporaria'') made up a further 14.7% of the diet.<ref name= Swan/> Frogs made up about 10% of the diet in central [[Poland]] as well.<ref name= Pinowski/>