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#1537 · 🦎 reptiles

Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard

🇳🇱 Tyrreense Muurhagedis ·Podarcis tiliguerta

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL
Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard, photo 1 of 7
1/7 © Tom Heller · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The Tyrrhenian wall lizard ( Podarcis tiliguerta ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Sardinia and Corsica.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 4,445iNaturalist 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.
  • 4,445 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1789 (237 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard
Nederlands
Tyrreense Muurhagedis
scientific name
Podarcis tiliguerta
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Lacertidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
4,115
sightings worldwide
4,445
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1789 by Johann Friedrich Gmelin

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Lacertidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 35530, Wikidata Q2035115, GBIF 2469126, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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