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#1522 · 🦎 reptiles

Ocellated Lizard

🇳🇱 Parelhagedis ·Timon lepidus

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in Europe, not in NL
8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Samuel Duarte · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © pedroluna_wildlife · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  4. 4. © Luís Lourenço · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  5. 5. © Daniele Seglie · CC BY-NC 4.0
  6. 6. © J. Gállego · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  7. 7. © JAPG 1100D · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
  8. 8. © franciscodocampo · CC BY 4.0
Ocellated Lizard, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Samuel Duarte · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The ocellated lizard , eyed lizard or jeweled lacerta in the pet trade ( Timon lepidus ) (syn. Lacerta lepida ) is a species of wall lizard also known as the (Portuguese: sardão, Spanish: lagarto ocelado).

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 9,510iNaturalist 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.
  • 9,510 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by François Marie Daudin in 1802 (224 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Ocellated Lizard
Nederlands
Parelhagedis
scientific name
Timon lepidus
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Lacertidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
8,764
sightings worldwide
9,510
GBIF records in NL
3
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1802 by François Marie Daudin

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

relatives· Lacertidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 73972, Wikidata Q843236, GBIF 2468542, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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