Lacerta schreiberi
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
The Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi), also known commonly as Schreiber's green lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. It is known as Lagarto-de-água (water lizard) in Portuguese and lagarto verdinegro (green and black lizard) in Spanish.
Lacerta schreiberi is found in Portugal and Spain. The natural habitats of L. schreiberi are temperate forests and shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, and pastureland. Lacerta schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.
A large species, L. schreiberi measures about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) snout-to-vent (SVL); including the tail, it measures about 38 cm (15 in). Lacerta schreiberi is mainly insectivorous, though it also preys on small lizards like the iberian wall lizard or large psammodromus.
Lacerta schreiberi is oviparous. Clutch size varies from 11 to 28 eggs. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Picos de Europa National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Sierra de Guadarrama National Park | 🇪🇸 Spain |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Porto | 🇵🇹 Portugal |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cabarceno Natural Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 2 | Aquarium of Gijón | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 3 | Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Emerald Lizard sighting in Porto on a given day, based on 34 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 6th most-seen of the 16 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Iberian Emerald Lizard in Porto on a given day, against under 5% in January–February and October–November, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Iberian Emerald Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Porto, in our data
Porto is the only city on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Iberian Emerald Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Lacertidae
The closest relatives of the Iberian Emerald Lizard that you can see in Porto (family Lacertidae, Wall Lizards) are Bocage's Wall Lizard (about 40%), Ocellated Lizard (about 20%) and Madeira Lizard (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Iberian Emerald Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Porto (34 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.
