#1577 · 🦎 reptiles

Peloponnese Wall Lizard

🇳🇱 Peloponnesos-hagedis ·Podarcis peloponnesiacus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Martin Geiger · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Jan Grathwohl · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Vasileia Sef · CC BY 4.0
4. © Standa Pavouk · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © gogo5760 · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska · CC BY 4.0
7. © Agapakis Georgios · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © david_gittings · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The Peloponnese wall lizard ( Podarcis peloponnesiacus ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is endemic to the Peloponnese region of southern Greece. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 975iNaturalist 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.
975 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Gabriel Bibron in 1833 (193 years ago).