#1473 · 🦎 reptiles

Sand Lizard

🇳🇱 Zandhagedis ·Lacerta agilis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © klausalix · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © frankielee91 · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Andrzej Oleksa · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © frankielee91 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Lennart Hudel · CC BY 4.0
6. © Li-Lian Williams · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Driebergen-Rijsenburg, Nederland:© Rob Westerduijn · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Maldens Vlak, Malden, Gelderland, NL:© mattlemen · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Schoorlse Duinen, Bergen (NH), Noord-Holland, NL:© wishauptr · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Ermelo:© j091081 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The sand lizard ( Lacerta agilis ) is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia. It does not occur in the Iberian peninsula or European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy.

base stats

NL sightings 833iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 41,651iNaturalist observations
weight 11 gadult, up to
length 7.8 cmadult, up to
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

Spotted 833 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
41,651 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 11 g.
About 8 cm long.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).