#1530 · 🦎 reptiles

Madeira Lizard

🇳🇱 Madeirahagedis ·Teira dugesii

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Rui Cambraia · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Siegfried Troidl · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Tim Leilich · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Auréles Miralien · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Hans-Jürgen Becker · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © wormsy · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © wormsy · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Madeiran wall lizard ( Lacerta dugesii ) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. The species is endemic to Madeira Islands, Portugal. In the Azores, this lizard has become naturalized after involuntary introduction by the shipping trade between the two archipelagos.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 5,725iNaturalist 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.
5,725 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Henri Milne-Edwards in 1829 (197 years ago).