#1476 · 🦎 reptiles

Viviparous Lizard

🇳🇱 Levendbarende hagedis ·Zootoca vivipara

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Philip Mark Osso · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Desy Allen · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Valentin Hamon · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Kjell M. Sarre · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © nearwildhelen · CC BY 4.0
6. 6321 Wijlre, Netherlands:© harrylurling · CC BY-ND 4.0
7. Gelderland, NL:© Ewout Knoester · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Balloerveld, Drenthe, Netherlands:© Bart · CC BY 4.0
9. 5595 Leende, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Schipborg, Nederland:© Jeroen van der Brugge · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The viviparous lizard or common lizard , Zootoca vivipara (formerly Lacerta vivipara ), is a Eurasian lizard. It lives farther north than any other species of non-marine reptile, and most populations are viviparous (giving birth to live young), rather than laying eggs as most other lizards do. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Zootoca . Both " Zootoca " and " vivipara " mean "live birth," in Greek and Latin respectively. It was called Lacerta vivipara until the Lacerta genus...

base stats

NL sightings 357iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,674iNaturalist observations
weight 5.6 gadult, up to
length 6.2 cmadult, up to
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

Spotted 357 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #4 most seen of the reptiles in NL.
38,674 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 6 g.
About 6 cm long.
Scientifically named by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823 (203 years ago).