Least ConcernWestern Green Lizard
Lacerta bilineata
One of the 9 wall lizards on WAnimals
Reptiles · Squamata · Lacertidae
Lacerta agilis
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The smallest of the European Lacerta, robust and compact in build. The back and flanks are brown or greyish brown with round dark spots flecked with white. In spring and summer the male's flanks take on an intense grass green. Pyrenean individuals have a dark brown central dorsal band edged by two paler bands.
Weight
11 g on average
Size
7.6 cm – 8.4 cm
Life expectancy
5 years
Diet
Insectivore
Feeds mainly on insects and other invertebrates.
Activity
Diurnal
Active mainly during the day.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: Amat 2008 y 2015, Enciclopedia Virtual de los Vertebrados Españoles (MNCN-CSIC) · Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España (MITECO) · Llorente et al. 1997 · Arribas 1999 · Generalitat de Catalunya (Parc Natural de l'Alt Pirineu)
Best time: From May to September, basking at the edges of the scattered scrub in the meadows where it lives
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 144.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Sand Lizard — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about sand lizard.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
