#1507 · 🦎 reptiles
Large Psammodromus
🇳🇱 Algerijnse Zandloper ·Psammodromus algirus
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what is it?
The large psammodromus ( Psammodromus algirus ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.
base stats
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.
- 15,669 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Large Psammodromus
- Nederlands
- Algerijnse Zandloper
- scientific name
- Psammodromus algirus
- class
- Reptilia
- order
- Squamata
- family
- Lacertidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 14,248
- sightings worldwide
- 15,669
- GBIF records in NL
- 1
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lacertidae
#1473 📷 10Sand Lizard
🇳🇱 Zandhagedis
Lacerta agilis
LC 👀 833 in NL
#1476 📷 10Viviparous Lizard
🇳🇱 Levendbarende hagedis
Zootoca vivipara
LC 👀 357 in NL
#1479 📷 7Common Wall Lizard
🇳🇱 Muurhagedis
Podarcis muralis
LC 👀 103 in NL
#1487 📷 9Italian Wall Lizard
🇳🇱 Ruïnehagedis
Podarcis siculus
LC 👀 1 in NL
#1503 📷 9Western Green Lizard
🇳🇱 Westelijke Smaragdhagedis
Lacerta bilineata
LC 🌍 24.4k seen
#1510 📷 8Green Lizard
🇳🇱 Oostelijke Smaragdhagedis
Lacerta viridis
LC 🌍 14.2k seen
#1522 📷 8Ocellated Lizard
🇳🇱 Parelhagedis
Timon lepidus
LC 🌍 9.5k seen
#1728 📷 10Tenerife Lizard
🇳🇱 Canarische Hagedis
Gallotia galloti
LC 🌍 7.1k seen
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 35519, Wikidata Q1851181, GBIF 2469763, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.