#1568 · 🦎 reptiles

East Iberian Psammodromus

🇳🇱 Psammodromus edwardsianus ·Psammodromus edwarsianus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © simben · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Philippe Geniez · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jean Nicolas · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Alicante, ES-VC, ES:© cmario · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Cuenca, España:© Víctor Alonso · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. El Saler, Pobles del Sud, 46012 València, Espanya:© &drew · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 34500 Béziers, France:© Jérémie Février · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 13930 Aureille, Frankreich:© michel_kilcher · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. El Palmar, València, Valencia, Spain:© Tadeusz Kawecki · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Teruel, Aragón, ES:© vivas · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The East Iberian sand racer or East Iberian psammodromus ( Psammodromus edwarsianus ) is a species of lizards in the Lacertidae family. It is found in Spain and France.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 1,278iNaturalist 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.
1,278 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Alfredo Dugès in 1829 (197 years ago).