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#1576 · 🦎 reptiles

Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard

🇳🇱 Spitskophagedis ·Dalmatolacerta oxycephala

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL
7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
  2. 2. © bsteer · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
  4. 4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © Beetle · CC0
Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Bart · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The sharp-snouted rock lizard ( Dalmatolacerta oxycephala ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, and possibly Albania, where its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, rural gardens, and urban areas.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 996iNaturalist 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.
  • 996 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1839 (187 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard
Nederlands
Spitskophagedis
scientific name
Dalmatolacerta oxycephala
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Lacertidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
970
sightings worldwide
996
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1839

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Lacertidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 73747, Wikidata Q1158058, GBIF 5789555, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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