Lacerta trilineata
In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The Balkan green lizard (Lacerta trilineata) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is the most widespread of the Balkans lizard species. It is found in Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
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| 1 | Athens | 🇬🇷 Greece |
No species of the same family or order lives in Athens, so these are its closest relatives here: other reptiles.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Balkan Green Lizard sighting in Athens on a given day, based on 10 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 7th most-seen of the 8 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January, April, June and November
In those months about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Balkan Green Lizard in Athens on a given day, against under 5% in February, July–October and December, the lowest months.
Between 11 am and 2 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Balkan Green Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Athens, in our data
Athens is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Balkan Green Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Balkan Green Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Athens (10 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
