Iberolacerta aurelioi
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Aurelio's rock lizard (Iberolacerta aurelioi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula. The specific name, aurelioi, is in honor of Aurelio Arribas, the father of the original describer of this species, Oscar J. Arribas.
I. aurelioi is found in a small area near the confluence of Andorra, Spain and France. The natural habitats of I. aurelioi are temperate grassland, rocky areas, and pastureland, at altitudes of 2,100–2,940 m (6,890–9,650 ft).
A small species, I. aurelioi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6 cm (2.4 in). I. aurelioi is oviparous. I. aurelioi is threatened by habitat loss. Arnold EN, Arribas O, Carranza S (2007). "Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera". Zootaxa 1430: 1–86. (Iberolacerta aurelioi, new combination).
Arribas O (1994). "Una nueva especie de Lagartija de los Pirineos Orientales: Lacerta (Archaeolacerta) aurelioi sp. nov. (Reptilia: Lacertidae... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyrénées National Park | 🇫🇷 France |
More parks will be added in future updates.
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an Aurelio's Rock Lizard sighting in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, based on 79 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 16th most-seen of the 22 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
August
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report an Aurelio's Rock Lizard in Pyrénées National Park on a given day, against under 5% in September to June, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Aurelio's Rock Lizard sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Pyrénées National Park, in our data
Pyrénées National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Aurelio's Rock Lizard sightings: about 10% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Iberolacerta
The closest relatives of the Aurelio's Rock Lizard that you can see in Pyrénées National Park (genus Iberolacerta) are Pyrenean Rock Lizard (about 20%) and Aran Rock Lizard (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Aurelio's Rock Lizard is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Pyrénées National Park (79 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), 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.
