Western Green Lizard

base stats

• NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
• worldwide 24,392iNaturalist 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.
• 🌍24,392 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
• 📜Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1802 (224 years ago).

fact sheet

English

Western Green Lizard

Nederlands

Westelijke Smaragdhagedis

scientific name

Lacerta bilineata

class

Reptilia

order

Squamata

family

Lacertidae

IUCN Red List

LC · least concern

sightings in NL

0

sightings in Europe

20,943

sightings worldwide

24,392

GBIF records in NL

1

weight

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length

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lifespan

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named

1802 by François Marie Daudin

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