#1565 · 🦎 reptiles

Filfola Lizard

🇳🇱 Maltese Muurhagedis ·Podarcis filfolensis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

what is it?

The filfola lizard or Maltese wall lizard ( Podarcis filfolensis ) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is found in Italy (in the Pelagian Islands) and in the island group of Malta. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,371iNaturalist 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.
1,371 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacques von Bedriaga in 1876 (150 years ago).