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Iberian wall lizard

Podarcis hispanicus (Steindachner, 1870)

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The iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 3.69 g to 3.98 g and reach 5.7 cm in length.

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Quick facts about the iberian wall lizard

Weight
3.69 g – 3.98 g
Length
5.3 cm – 5.7 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Omnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
13 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Egg incubation
49 days
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 5
Age at maturity
8 months
Litters or clutches a year
2 – 4
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the iberian wall lizard?

IBERIAN WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 5.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.7 cm, the recorded maximum length of the iberian wall lizard is about 3.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the iberian wall lizard live?

Not recorded

Is the iberian 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 iberian wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis hispanicus (Steindachner, 1870)

Synonyms Lacerta hispanica, Lacerta muralis fusca, Lacerta muralis sebastiani, Lacerta oxycephala var. hispanica

Other names and names in other languages (23)
  • Albacete wall lizardEnglish
  • Spanish wall lizardEnglish
  • llagartexa ibéricaAsturian
  • Sargantana ibèricaCatalan
  • ještěrka španělskáCzech
  • Sydøstiberisk MurfirbenDanish
  • Iberische MauereidechseGerman
  • Lagartija IbéricaSpanish
  • sugandila iberiarraBasque
  • iberianmuurisisiliskoFinnish
  • Lézard hispaniqueFrench
  • Lagarta comúnGalician
  • spanyol faligyíkHungarian
  • Lucertola ibericaItalian
  • MurciamuurhagedisDutch
  • Murówka hiszpańskaPolish
  • Lagartixa-ibéricaPortuguese
  • Испанская ящерицаRussian
  • jašterica tmaváSlovak
  • Spaanse Muurhagedisroot
  • Spanische MauereidechseGerman
  • Lucertola spagnolaItalian
  • Lagartixa-dos-muros-ibéricaPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the iberian wall lizard

Other species in the same genus Podarcis.

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Common questions

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How big is the iberian wall lizard?

An adult iberian wall lizard weighs 3.69 g – 3.98 g and measures 5.3 cm – 5.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the iberian wall lizard?

The iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus) 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). Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/iberian-wall-lizard

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BibTeX
@misc{iberian_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Iberian wall lizard (Podarcis hispanicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/iberian-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}