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Ibiza wall lizard

Podarcis pityusensis (Boscá, 1883)

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The ibiza wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 4.72 g to 6.8 g, reach 6.37 cm in length and live up to 2.9 years. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Spain.

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Quick facts about the ibiza wall lizard

Weight
4.72 g – 6.8 g
Length
5.75 cm – 6.37 cm
Lifespan
2.9 years
Diet
Omnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
3 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Egg incubation
61 days
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 6
Age at maturity
18 months – 2 years
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 5
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the ibiza wall lizard?

IBIZA WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 6.37 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.37 cm, the recorded maximum length of the ibiza 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 ibiza 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 ibiza wall lizard is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Spain

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the ibiza 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 ibiza wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis pityusensis (Boscá, 1883)

Synonyms Lacerta liifordi kochi, Lacerta lilfordi affinis, Lacerta lilfordi calae-saladae, Lacerta lilfordi caldesiana, Lacerta lilfordi canensis, Lacerta lilfordi espalmadoris, Lacerta lilfordi espardellensis, Lacerta lilfordi formenterae, Lacerta lilfordi frailensis, Lacerta lilfordi gastabiensis, Lacerta lilfordi gorrae, Lacerta lilfordi grisea, Lacerta lilfordi grossae, Lacerta lilfordi grueni, Lacerta lilfordi hedwig-kamerae, Lacerta lilfordi intermedia, Lacerta lilfordi miguelensis, Lacerta lilfordi muradae, Lacerta lilfordi negrae, Lacerta lilfordi ratae, Lacerta lilfordi redonae, Lacerta lilfordi schreitmuelleri, Lacerta lilfordi tagomagensis, Lacerta lilfordi vedrae, Lacerta lilfordi vedranellensis, Lacerta lilfordi zenonis, Lacerta muralis var. pityusensis, Lacerta pityusensis ahorcadosi, Lacerta pityusensis algae, Lacerta pityusensis caragolensis, Lacerta pityusensis carl-kochi, Lacerta pityusensis characae, Lacerta pityusensis hortae, Lacerta pityusensis kameriana, Lacerta pityusensis puercosensis, Lacerta pityusensis purroigensis, Lacerta pityusensis sabinae, Lacerta pityusensis subformenterae, Lacerta pityusensis torretensis, Podarcis pityusensis affinis, Podarcis pityusensis kamerianus, Podarcis pityusensis maluquerorum

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • llagartexa de les pitiusesAsturian
  • Sargantana PitiúsicaCatalan
  • ještěrka pityuskáCzech
  • Ibiza MurfirbenDanish
  • PityuseneidechseGerman
  • Lagartija de las PitiusasSpanish
  • ibizanmuurisisiliskoFinnish
  • Lézard Des PityusesFrench
  • ibizai faligyíkHungarian
  • Lucertola delle PitiuseItalian
  • PityusenhagedisDutch
  • Питиусенская ящерицаRussian
  • Pituysisk murödlaSwedish
  • 依比茲壁蜥Chinese
  • Pityusen-EidechseGerman
  • PityusenmauereidechseGerman
  • Ивисская стенная ящерицаRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ibiza 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 ibiza wall lizard?

An adult ibiza wall lizard weighs 4.72 g – 6.8 g and measures 5.75 cm – 6.37 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the ibiza wall lizard live?

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

How long does the ibiza wall lizard live?

The ibiza wall lizard has a recorded lifespan of 2.9 years.

What kind of animal is the ibiza wall lizard?

The ibiza wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.

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BibTeX
@misc{ibiza_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Ibiza wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ibiza-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}