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Cretan wall lizard

Podarcis cretensis (Wettstein, 1952)

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The cretan wall lizard (Podarcis cretensis) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.1 g and reach 5.69 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Greece.

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Quick facts about the cretan wall lizard

Weight
3.1 g
Length
5.69 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 5
Litters or clutches a year
2
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 cretan wall lizard?

CRETAN WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 5.69 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.69 cm, the recorded maximum length of the cretan wall lizard is about 3.3% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the cretan 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 cretan 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 cretan 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 cretan wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis cretensis (Wettstein, 1952)

Synonyms Lacerta erhardii cretensis, Lacerta erhardii elaphonisii, Lacerta erhardii leukaorii, Lacerta erhardii naxensis, Lacerta erhardii obscura, Lacerta erhardii punctigularis, Lacerta erhardii rechingeri, Lacerta erhardii schiebeli, Lacerta erhardii werneriana, Lacerta muralis fusca, Lacerta taurica var. maculata, Podarcis erhardii cretensis

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • ještěrka krétskáCzech
  • Kretensisk MurfirbenDanish
  • Kretische MauereidechseGerman
  • ΚλωστιδάκιGreek
  • Lagartija de CretaSpanish
  • kreetanmuurisisiliskoFinnish
  • Lézard de CrèteFrench
  • krétai faligyíkHungarian
  • Lucertola di CretaItalian
  • Kretenzische MuurhagedisDutch
  • Критская ящерицаRussian
  • Σιλιβούτι της ΚρήτηςGreek

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the cretan 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 cretan wall lizard?

An adult cretan wall lizard weighs 3.1 g and measures 5.69 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the cretan wall lizard live?

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

What kind of animal is the cretan wall lizard?

The cretan wall lizard (Podarcis cretensis) 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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BibTeX
@misc{cretan_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Cretan wall lizard (Podarcis cretensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/cretan-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}