#1590 · 🦎 reptiles

Ionian Wall Lizard

🇳🇱 Ionische muurhagedis ·Podarcis ionicus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © samuelstr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © frankgardner · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © patrick smalley · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Lushnjës, Fier, Albania:© Mak theNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Tomorri Mountain National Park, Skrapar District, Berat County, AL:© mowillus · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Παμβώτιδα, Ελλάδα:© nikos filis · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Melitsa, Sidari 490 81, Grecja:© Marek Ślusarski · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Podarcis ionicus , the Ionian wall lizard , is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Albania and Greece.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 707iNaturalist 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.
707 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Philipp Lehrs in 1902 (124 years ago).