Family

Wall Lizards

Lacertidae

47 species in our catalog · found in 43 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyLacertidae (Wall Lizards)

Species in this group

Podarcis muralis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Lacerta viridis

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Zootoca vivipara

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Psammodromus algirus

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

LC Endemic

Pedioplanis rubens

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Lacerta bilineata

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Iberolacerta monticola

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Meroles cuneirostris

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Podarcis vaucheri

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Eremias przewalskii

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Lacerta agilis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Podarcis tauricus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Podarcis guadarramae

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Podarcis liolepis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Pedioplanis burchelli

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Heliobolus lugubris

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Adolfus jacksoni

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Takydromus hsuehshanensis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Meroles anchietae

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Adolfus kibonotensis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Timon nevadensis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Iberolacerta horvathi

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Timon lepidus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Iberolacerta aranica

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Meroles suborbitalis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

LC Endemic

Iberolacerta cyreni

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Takydromus sexlineatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Podarcis virescens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Lacerta schreiberi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Endemic

Pedioplanis branchi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Podarcis carbonelli

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pedioplanis inornata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Iberolacerta bonnali

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pedioplanis namaquensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Psammodromus occidentalis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

LC Endemic

Pedioplanis breviceps

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Podarcis hispanicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Endemic

Pedioplanis mayeri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Iberolacerta aurelioi

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Meroles knoxii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nucras taeniolata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Latastia longicaudata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Meroles squamulosus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Nucras holubi

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

Tropidosaura gularis

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare

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Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~30%

Mar

~40%

Apr

~40%

May

~40%

Jun

~40%

Jul

~40%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~20%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Wall Lizards

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Shaded: the known ranges of its 114 species, darker where more of them overlap (GARD, Roll et al. 2017 & Caetano et al. 2022). Our parks Our cities In captivity: 52 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	6 of 47	>90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Viviparous Lizard			~30%
	Aran Rock Lizard			~30%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~20%
	Pyrenean Rock Lizard			~20%
2	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	6 of 47	>90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
	Iberian Rock Lizard			~50%
	Ocellated Lizard			~30%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Iberian Emerald Lizard			~20%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
3	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	10 of 47	>90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
	Viviparous Lizard			~30%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~20%
	Pyrenean Rock Lizard			~20%
	Aran Rock Lizard			~10%
	Large Psammodromus			~10%
	Aurelio's Rock Lizard			~10%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
	Ocellated Lizard			~10%
4	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	6 of 47	~90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~60%
	Western Green Lizard			~60%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~40%
	Ocellated Lizard			~20%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
5	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	6 of 47	~90%
	Large Psammodromus			~60%
	Andalusian wall lizard			~50%
	Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard			~30%
	Spiny-footed Lizard			~30%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~20%
	Spanish Wall Lizard			~10%
6	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	4 of 47	~90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
	Green Lizard			~40%
	Horvath's Rock Lizard			~30%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
7	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	7 of 47	~90%
	Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard			~50%
	Shovel-snouted Lizard			~40%
	Spotted Desert Lizard			~30%
	Bill’s Sand Lizard			~20%
	Plain Sand Lizard			~20%
	Namaqua Sand Lizard			~20%
	Short-headed Sandveld Lizard			~10%
8	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	3 of 47	~90%
	Green Lizard			~70%
	Common Wall Lizard			~40%
	Horvath's Rock Lizard			~30%
9	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	3 of 47	~90%
	Green Lizard			~70%
	Balkan Wall Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			~30%
10	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	8 of 47	~90%
	Guadarrama Wall Lizard			~40%
	Large Psammodromus			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~30%
	Cyren’s Rock Lizard			~30%
	Iberian Emerald Lizard			~20%
	Ocellated Lizard			~20%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~10%
	Spiny-footed Lizard			~10%
11	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 47	~90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~30%
	Pyrenean Rock Lizard			~10%
12	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	4 of 47	~80%
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
	Sand Lizard			~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~30%
	Green Lizard			~20%
13	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	5 of 47	~80%
	Large Psammodromus			~40%
	Andalusian wall lizard			~40%
	Carbonell’s Wall Lizard			~20%
	Spiny-footed Lizard			~20%
	Western Psammodromus			~20%
14	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	2 of 47	~80%
	Ruben's Sand Lizard			~60%
	Bushveld Lizard			~40%
15	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 47	~80%
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Sand Lizard			~30%
16	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2 of 47	~70%
	Viviparous Lizard			~70%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
17	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	2 of 47	~70%
	Viviparous Lizard			~60%
	Sand Lizard			~30%
18	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	3 of 47	~70%
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
19	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 47	~70%
	Large Psammodromus			~50%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~20%
	Ocellated Lizard			~20%
20	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	2 of 47	~70%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			~40%
21	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	2 of 47	~60%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			~30%
22	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	2 of 47	~50%
	Common Wall Lizard			~40%
	Western Green Lizard			~20%
23	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1 of 47	~50%
	Gobi Racerunner			~50%
24	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 47	~40%
	Sand Lizard			~40%
25	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	2 of 47	~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
26	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 47	~40%
	Burchell's Sand Lizard			~40%
27	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 47	~40%
	Green Lizard			~20%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
28	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	1 of 47	~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
29	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1 of 47	~40%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~40%
30	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	1 of 47	~40%
	Hsuehshan Grass Lizard			~40%
31	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 47	~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
32	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 47	~30%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~30%
33	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	2 of 47	~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
	Western Green Lizard			~20%
34	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	3 of 47	~30%
	Bushveld Lizard			~10%
	Mayer’s Sand Lizard			~10%
	Namaqua Sand Lizard			~10%
35	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 47	~30%
	Viviparous Lizard			~20%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
36	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 47	~20%
	Spotted Sand Lizard			~10%
	Namaqua Sand Lizard			~10%
37	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 47	~20%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~20%
38	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 47	~20%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~10%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			~10%
39	De Hoop Nature Reserve	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 47	~20%
	Burchell's Sand Lizard			~20%
40	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3 of 47	~10%
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard			~10%
	Bushveld Lizard			~10%
	Holub’s Sandveld Lizard			<5%
41	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 47	~10%
	Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard			~10%
	Cape Mountain Lizard			<5%
42	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 47	~10%
	Striped Scrub Lizard			~10%
43	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1 of 47	~10%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			~10%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Budapest	🇭🇺 Hungary	2 of 47	~80%
	Common Wall Lizard			~60%
	Green Lizard			~30%
2	Turin	🇮🇹 Italy	1 of 47	~70%
	Common Wall Lizard			~70%
3	Milan	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 47	~60%
	Common Wall Lizard			~60%
	Western Green Lizard			~10%
4	Rome	🇮🇹 Italy	2 of 47	~50%
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
	Western Green Lizard			~10%
5	Bucharest	🇷🇴 Romania	3 of 47	~50%
	Common Wall Lizard			~30%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
	Green Lizard			~10%
6	Lisbon	🇵🇹 Portugal	3 of 47	~50%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~40%
	Large Psammodromus			~10%
	Ocellated Lizard			~10%
7	Lyon	🇫🇷 France	1 of 47	~50%
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
8	Barcelona	🇪🇸 Spain	2 of 47	~50%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~40%
	Large Psammodromus			~10%
9	Belgrade	🇷🇸 Serbia	1 of 47	~40%
	Common Wall Lizard			~40%
10	Surakarta	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 47	~40%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~40%
11	Vienna	🇦🇹 Austria	3 of 47	~40%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
	Green Lizard			~10%
12	Jakarta	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 47	~40%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~40%
13	Munich	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 47	~40%
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
	Viviparous Lizard			<5%
14	Tasikmalaya	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 47	~40%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~40%
15	Madrid	🇪🇸 Spain	3 of 47	~40%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~30%
	Large Psammodromus			~10%
	Ocellated Lizard			<5%
16	Prague	🇨🇿 Czechia	3 of 47	~40%
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
	Green Lizard			~10%
17	Ho Chi Minh City	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1 of 47	~40%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~40%
18	Denpasar	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 47	~40%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~40%
19	Sofia	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	1 of 47	~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~30%
20	Essen	🇩🇪 Germany	1 of 47	~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~30%
21	Porto	🇵🇹 Portugal	3 of 47	~30%
	Ocellated Lizard			~20%
	Iberian Emerald Lizard			~10%
	Large Psammodromus			~10%
22	Paris	🇫🇷 France	1 of 47	~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~30%
23	Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	3 of 47	~30%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
	Common Wall Lizard			~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			<5%
24	Nairobi	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 47	~20%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~20%
25	Yogyakarta	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 47	~20%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~20%
26	Helsinki	🇫🇮 Finland	1 of 47	~20%
	Viviparous Lizard			~20%
27	Valencia	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 47	~20%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~20%
28	Cologne	🇩🇪 Germany	2 of 47	~20%
	Common Wall Lizard			~10%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
29	Kyiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 47	~20%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
30	Nizhny Novgorod	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 47	~20%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
31	Warsaw	🇵🇱 Poland	1 of 47	~20%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
32	Kharkiv	🇺🇦 Ukraine	1 of 47	~20%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
33	Kazan	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 47	~10%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
34	Bandung	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1 of 47	~10%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~10%
35	Algiers	🇩🇿 Algeria	1 of 47	~10%
	Large Psammodromus			~10%
36	Novosibirsk	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 47	~10%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
37	London	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 47	~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
38	Moscow	🇷🇺 Russia	2 of 47	~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
	Sand Lizard			<5%
39	Tuen Mun	🇨🇳 China	1 of 47	~10%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~10%
40	Liverpool	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 47	~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
41	Minsk	🇧🇾 Belarus	1 of 47	~10%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
42	Brussels	🇧🇪 Belgium	1 of 47	~10%
	Common Wall Lizard			~10%
43	Birmingham	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1 of 47	~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
44	Istanbul	🇹🇷 Turkey	1 of 47	~10%
	Green Lizard			~10%
45	Cape Town	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 47	~10%
	Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard			~10%
46	Yekaterinburg	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 47	~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
47	Copenhagen	🇩🇰 Denmark	1 of 47	~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
48	Saint Petersburg	🇷🇺 Russia	1 of 47	<5%
	Viviparous Lizard			<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	San Diego Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
2	Prague Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
3	Skansen	🇸🇪 Sweden	In captivity
4	Antwerp Zoo	🇧🇪 Belgium	In captivity
5	Cabarceno Natural Park	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
6	Brno Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
7	Chester Zoo	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
8	Nuremberg Zoo	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
9	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 28 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
10	Toledo Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
11	Hellabrunn Zoo	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
12	Zoodyssée	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
13	Twycross Zoo	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
14	Virginia Zoological Park	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
15	Wilhelma	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
16	Opel-Zoo	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
17	Nikolaev Zoo	🇺🇦 Ukraine	In captivity
18	Lithuanian Zoo	🇱🇹 Lithuania	In captivity
19	Zoo d'Amnéville	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
20	Minsk Zoo	🇧🇾 Belarus	In captivity
21	bioparco	🇮🇹 Italy	In captivity
22	Tiergarten Straubing	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
23	Zagreb Zoo	🇭🇷 Croatia	In captivity
24	Leningrad Zoo	🇷🇺 Russia	In captivity
25	Reptile Gardens	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
26	Grodno Zoo	🇧🇾 Belarus	In captivity
27	Hertenkamp	🇳🇱 Netherlands	In captivity
28	Alpenzoo Innsbruck	🇦🇹 Austria	In captivity
29	Zoo Koki (Parque zoológico y botánico)	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
30	Universeum	🇸🇪 Sweden	In captivity
31	Zoo Hirschstetten	🇦🇹 Austria	In captivity
32	Zoological Garden of Monaco	🇲🇨 Monaco	In captivity
33	Aquarium of Gijón	🇪🇸 Spain	In captivity
34	Kleinzoo Wasserstern	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
35	Aquarium d'Amnéville	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
36	Baltic Sea Science Center	🇸🇪 Sweden	In captivity
37	Malta National Aquarium	🇲🇹 Malta	In captivity
38	Rákosův pavilon	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
39	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 12 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
40	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 14 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
41	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 6 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
42	Velemlokárium	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
43	Aquatopia	🇧🇪 Belgium	In captivity
44	Juliana’s Animal Sanctuary	🇨🇴 Colombia	In captivity
45	Lake Tisza Ecocentre	🇭🇺 Hungary	In captivity
46	Réserve Zoologique de Calviac	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
47	Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World	🇹🇭 Thailand	In captivity
48	Tierpark Schlichtweg 15 in München	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
49	Zoo Schlichtweg 11 in München	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
50	Zoo Siebenbrunner Straße 6 in München	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity

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Wall Lizards

Species in this group

Common Wall Lizard

Green Lizard

Viviparous Lizard

Large Psammodromus

Ruben's Sand Lizard

Western Green Lizard

Iberian Rock Lizard

Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard

Andalusian wall lizard

Gobi Racerunner

Sand Lizard

Balkan Wall Lizard

Guadarrama Wall Lizard

Catalonian Wall Lizard

Burchell's Sand Lizard

Bushveld Lizard

Jackson's Forest Lizard

Hsuehshan Grass Lizard

Shovel-snouted Lizard

Jackson's Forest Lizard

Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard

Horvath's Rock Lizard

Ocellated Lizard

Aran Rock Lizard

Spiny-footed Lizard

Spotted Desert Lizard

Cyren’s Rock Lizard

Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard

Green Iberian Wall Lizard

Iberian Emerald Lizard

Bill’s Sand Lizard

Carbonell’s Wall Lizard

Plain Sand Lizard

Pyrenean Rock Lizard

Namaqua Sand Lizard

Western Psammodromus

Short-headed Sandveld Lizard

Spanish Wall Lizard

Spotted Sand Lizard

Mayer’s Sand Lizard

Aurelio's Rock Lizard

Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard

Striped Scrub Lizard

Common Long-tailed Lizard

Common Rough-scaled Lizard

Holub’s Sandveld Lizard

Cape Mountain Lizard

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Wall Lizards

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked

Zoos & Centres Where Found

Challenges