#1487 · 🦎 reptiles

Italian Wall Lizard

🇳🇱 Ruïnehagedis ·Podarcis siculus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Petar Milošević · CC BY-SA 4.0
2. © philadelphe william · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nicola Addelfio · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Pasquale Buonpane · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Eugenio Pighi · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Victor Beccari · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Jakob Fahr · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Podarcis_sicula_rb.jpg · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Italian wall lizard , ruin lizard , or İstanbul lizard ( Podarcis sicula from the Greek meaning 'agile' and 'feet') is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. P. sicula is native to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia and Switzerland, but has also been introduced to Spain, Turkey, and the United States. P. sicula is the most abundant lizard species in southern Italy.

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 31,542iNaturalist 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 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #14 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
31,542 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque in 1810 (216 years ago).