#1544 · 🦎 reptiles

Iberian Emerald Lizard

🇳🇱 Spaanse Smaragdhagedis ·Lacerta schreiberi

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © jimileca · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Vasco Duarte · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Edouard Veuillet · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Cesar Pollo · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Vasco Duarte · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © nachoperez · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © José Ferreira · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Mario Vega Pérez · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Pablo Torres Luaces · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. © margarida_wildlife · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Iberian emerald lizard or Schreiber's green lizard ( Lacerta schreiberi ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,391iNaturalist 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.
3,391 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacques von Bedriaga in 1878 (148 years ago).