#1549 · 🦎 reptiles

Dalmatian Wall Lizard

🇳🇱 Karsthagedis ·Podarcis melisellensis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Simon Tonge · CC0
6. 51557, Merag, Croatia:© Vladimir Tkalčić · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Gemeinde Cetinje, Montenegro:© carsten_renker · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6272 Sočerga Karst, Slovenia:© Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Koločep, Croatia:© Jon J. Laysell · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 51559, Beli, Croatia:© Manuel Raab · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Dalmatian wall lizard ( Podarcis melisellensis ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, and Slovenia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, and pastureland.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,602iNaturalist 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.
2,602 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Max Braun in 1877 (149 years ago).