Family

Lacertidae

119 species · Animals

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Caspian Green Lizard

Lacerta strigata Eichwald, 1831

Lacerta strigata is a Lacertidae lizard found across parts of the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Western Asia.

Balkan Green Lizard

Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga, 1886

Lacerta trilineata, the Balkan green lizard, is a widespread Lacertidae lizard threatened by habitat loss.

Western Green Lizard

Lacerta bilineata Daudin, 1802

Lacerta bilineata is a European green lizard with specific physical traits, behavior, diet, and a threatened native range with introduced populations.

Sand Lizard

Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758

Lacerta agilis, the sand lizard, is a sexually dimorphic European and Russian lizard with characteristic green breeding coloration in males.

Medium Lizard

Lacerta media Lantz & Cyrén, 1920

Lacerta media is a Lacertidae lizard species found across parts of Western Asia and Eastern Europe.

East Aegean Green Lizard

Lacerta diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952

Lacerta diplochondrodes, the Rhodos green lizard, is a Lacertidae lizard found in parts of southeastern Europe and western Asia.

Iberian Rock Lizard

Iberolacerta monticola (Boulenger, 1905)

Iberolacerta monticola, the Iberian rock lizard, is a small cold-resistant lizard native to mountainous regions of Iberia.

Horvath's Rock Lizard

Iberolacerta horvathi (Méhely, 1904)

Horvath's rock lizard (Iberolacerta horvathi) is a small lizard native to parts of central Europe, found in rocky and open alpine habitats.

Pyrenean Rock Lizard

Iberolacerta bonnali (Lantz, 1927)

Iberolacerta bonnali, the Pyrenean rock lizard, is an oviparous lizard native to the Pyrenees Mountains of France and Spain.

Cyren’s Rock Lizard

Iberolacerta cyreni (Müller & Hellmich, 1937)

Iberolacerta cyreni is a endemic Spanish rock lizard with sexual size dimorphism and specific color patterns.

Blue-throated Keeled Lizard

Algyroides nigropunctatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Algyroides nigropunctatus, the blue-throated keeled lizard, is a larger Algyroides lizard found in Italy and the Balkans.

Greek Algyroides

Algyroides moreoticus Bibron & Bory, 1833

Algyroides moreoticus, the Greek algyroides, is a small endemic Greek lizard with distinct population flank colour patterns.

Fitzinger's Algyroides

Algyroides fitzingeri (Wiegmann, 1834)

Fitzinger's algyroides (Algyroides fitzingeri) is a small lizard endemic to Corsica and Sardinia.

Anatolian Rock Lizard

Anatololacerta anatolica (Werner, 1900)

Anatololacerta anatolica, the Anatolian rock lizard, is an endemic lizard of western Anatolia and nearby Greek islands.

Pelasgian Rock Lizard

Anatololacerta pelasgiana (Mertens, 1959)

Anatololacerta pelasgiana, the Pelasgian rock lizard, is a lizard species found in Turkey and Greece.

Lycian Rock Lizard

Anatololacerta finikensis (Eiselt & Schmidtler, 1987)

Anatololacerta finikensis is a lizard species endemic to Turkey, also found on Greece's Psomi island.

Bedriaga's Rock Lizard

Archaeolacerta bedriagae (Camerano, 1885)

Archaeolacerta bedriagae, or Bedriaga's rock lizard, is a lizard species with distinct coloration and unique jumping hunting behavior.

Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard

Dalmatolacerta oxycephala (Schlegel, 1839)

Dalmatolacerta oxycephala, the sharp-snouted rock lizard, is a small climbing lizard endemic to the western Balkans with variable colour morphs.

Greek Rock Lizard

Hellenolacerta graeca (Bedriaga, 1886)

Hellenolacerta graeca, the Greek rock lizard, is a medium-sized lizard endemic to rocky humid areas of southern Greece's Peloponnese.

Kulzer's Rock Lizard

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri (Müller & Wettstein, 1932)

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri, or Kulzer's rock lizard, is an oviparous Lacertidae species native to rocky areas of Western Asia.

Lebanon Lizard

Phoenicolacerta laevis (Gray, 1838)

The Lebanon lizard (Phoenicolacerta laevis) is a Lacertidae lizard native to the Eastern Mediterranean, threatened by habitat loss.

Troodos Rock Lizard

Phoenicolacerta troodica (Werner, 1936)

Phoenicolacerta troodica is a small lizard species that is endemic to the island of Cyprus.

Moroccan Rock Lizard

Scelarcis perspicillata (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Scelarcis perspicillata, the Moroccan rock lizard, is a medium-sized lizard with distinct regional color forms found in northwestern Africa and Minorca.