#1598 · 🦎 reptiles

Greek Algyroides

🇳🇱 Peloponnesoskielhagedis ·Algyroides moreoticus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska · CC BY 4.0
2. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © Katerina Kalogerini · CC BY 4.0
4. © Silviu Petrovan · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © Martin ROMET · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Greek algyroides ( Algyroides moreoticus ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 505iNaturalist 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.
505 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent in 1833 (193 years ago).