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Corfu wall lizard

Podarcis ionicus (Lehrs, 1902)

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The corfu wall lizard (Podarcis ionicus) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 6.01 g and reach 6.36 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Greece.

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Quick facts about the corfu wall lizard

Weight
6.01 g
Length
6.36 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Age at maturity
18 months – 22 months
Litters or clutches a year
2 – 3
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the corfu wall lizard?

CORFU WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 6.36 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.36 cm, the recorded maximum length of the corfu wall lizard is about 3.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the corfu wall lizard live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The corfu wall lizard is listed for 1 country.

Greece
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Greece

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the corfu wall lizard endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the corfu wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis ionicus (Lehrs, 1902)

Synonyms Lacerta ionica, Podarcis taurica ionica, Podarcis tauricus ionicus

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • Ionian wall lizardEnglish
  • Ionisk MurfirbenDanish
  • Ionische EidechseGerman
  • Γουστέρα του ΙονίουGreek
  • Lagartija jónicaSpanish
  • Lucertola ionicaItalian
  • Ionische muurhagedisDutch
  • Ионическая ящерицаRussian
  • Ionische MauereidechseGerman
  • Βαλκανόσαυρα του ΙονίουGreek

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the corfu wall lizard

Other species in the same genus Podarcis.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the corfu wall lizard?

An adult corfu wall lizard weighs 6.01 g and measures 6.36 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the corfu wall lizard live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the corfu wall lizard for 1 country: Greece. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the corfu wall lizard?

The corfu wall lizard (Podarcis ionicus) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Corfu wall lizard (Podarcis ionicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/corfu-wall-lizard

MLA

“Corfu wall lizard (Podarcis ionicus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/corfu-wall-lizard.

BibTeX
@misc{corfu_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Corfu wall lizard (Podarcis ionicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corfu-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}