#1557 · 🦎 reptiles

Spiny-footed Lizard

🇳🇱 Franjeteenhagedis ·Acanthodactylus erythrurus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © jjulio2000 · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Víctor Huete Pelaez · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © F. Valenzuela · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © id78 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
7. Granada, España:© Diego González Dopico · CC BY 4.0
8. Mata dos Medos, Almada, Portugal:© Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. Azrou / Morocco:© Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. Prowincja Huelva, Hiszpania:© id78 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Acanthodactylus erythrurus , commonly known as the spiny-footed lizard , is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to northwestern Africa and the Iberian Peninsula. It is considered to be the fastest member of the huge Lacertidae family. Its common name refers to the spines that are arranged like a comb on the toes of its hind legs.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,096iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
2,096 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Heinrich Rudolf Schinz in 1833 (193 years ago).