#1548 · 🦎 reptiles

Balkan Green Lizard

🇳🇱 Reuzensmaragdhagedis ·Lacerta trilineata

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Petr Kouba · CC BY 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © mwbirdco · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Haidari 124 61, Greece:© Giorgos Nikolakakis · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Sukošan, Croatia:© Jurica Stosic · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Αττική, Ελλάδα:© Thanasis Papanikolaou · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Κρήτη, Ελλάδα:© fotis-samaritakis · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Baška, Kroatien:© bbeaury · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Balkan green lizard ( Lacerta trilineata ) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Israel, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,615iNaturalist 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.
2,615 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacques von Bedriaga in 1886 (140 years ago).