#1479 · 🦎 reptiles

Common Wall Lizard

🇳🇱 Muurhagedis ·Podarcis muralis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Leon van der Noll · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © mauro_fioretto · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © gavinh · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © frankielee91 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Sarah Gregg · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © nachoperez · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Christa Rohrbach · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Podarcis muralis ( common wall lizard ) is a species of lizard with a large distribution in Europe and well-established introduced populations in North America, where it is also called the European wall lizard . 9 in) in total length.

base stats

NL sightings 103iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 116,136iNaturalist 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

Spotted 103 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #7 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
116,136 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti in 1768 (258 years ago).
Dutch status: The common wall lizard reaches its most northwestern distribution in the extreme southeastern Netherlands. Only a handful of populations are present..

fact sheet

English: Common Wall Lizard
Nederlands: Muurhagedis
scientific name: Podarcis muralis
class: Reptilia
order: Squamata
family: Lacertidae
IUCN Red List: LC · least concern
Dutch status: The common wall lizard reaches its most northwestern distribution in the extreme southeastern Netherlands. Only a handful of populations are present.
sightings in NL: 103
sightings in Europe: 98,577
sightings worldwide: 116,136
GBIF records in NL: 16,965
weight: —
length: —
lifespan: —
named: 1768 by Josephus Nicolaus Laurenti