🐾 Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis · wildlife atlas entry

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Podarcis muralis ( common wall lizard ) is a species of lizard with a large distribution in Europe and well-established introduced populations in North America, where it is also called the European wall lizard . It can grow to about 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length. Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Common Wall Lizard — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) Leon van der Noll, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Record card

Scientific name	Podarcis muralis
Rank	species
Community observations	116,114 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Reptilia › order Squamata › family Lacertidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Common Wall Lizard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-08 · 65440 Ancizan, France
(c) Chloé Duque, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Wall Lizard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2024-07-04 · Cimbalom utca, Budapest, Budapest, HU
(c) Sim Bier, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Wall Lizard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2019-08-08 · 43300 Langeac, France
(c) Christine Delbouis, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Wall Lizard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-26 · 48150 Saint-Pierre-des-Tripiers, France
(c) kassandra_o, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Wall Lizard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-20 · Litzelstetten, 78465 Konstanz, Germany
(c) Ina Siebert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Wall Lizard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-20 · Litzelstetten, 78465 Konstanz, Germany
(c) Ina Siebert, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Common Wall Lizard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Chemin des Chênes, Jardin, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, FR
(c) loai, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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