#1562 · 🦎 reptiles

Balkan Wall Lizard

🇳🇱 Taurische Hagedis ·Podarcis tauricus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Ingmar van der Brugge · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Roman · CC BY 4.0
3. © Татьяна · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Peter K · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Norbert Sauberer · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
8. © katunchik · CC BY 4.0
9. © Roman · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

Podarcis tauricus , the Balkan wall lizard , is a common lizard in the family Lacertidae native to south eastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is a terrestrial species found in steppe, grassland, olive groves, cultivated land, meadows, rural gardens, sparsely vegetated sand dunes and scrubby areas.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,518iNaturalist 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.
1,518 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Peter Simon Pallas in 1814 (212 years ago).