#1545 · 🦎 reptiles

Andalusian wall lizard

🇳🇱 Moorse Muurhagedis ·Podarcis vaucheri

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © zimmwisdom · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Liam Echevarria · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Mourad Harzallah · CC BY 4.0
4. © Luca Boscain · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Daniel Capilla · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Kayo de Gruijter · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Sebas Piernagorda Copado · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. © Emilio Pacheco · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © Andreas Duckwe · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Silvia Garcia Fernandez · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Podarcis vaucheri , the Andalusian wall lizard , is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northern Africa and southern Spain.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,359iNaturalist 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.
3,359 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by George Albert Boulenger in 1905 (121 years ago).