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Lataste's lizard

Podarcis latastei (Bedriaga, 1879)

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The lataste's lizard (Podarcis latastei) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 5.7 g and reach 6.25 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Italy.

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Quick facts about the lataste's lizard

Weight
5.7 g
Length
6.25 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the lataste's lizard?

LATASTE'S LIZARD · LENGTH 6.25 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.25 cm, the recorded maximum length of the lataste's lizard is about 3.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the lataste's 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 lataste's lizard is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Italy

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the lataste's 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 lataste's lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis latastei (Bedriaga, 1879)

Synonyms Lacerta muralis var. latastei, Lacerta sicula lanzai, Lacerta sicula palmarolae, Lacerta sicula pasquinii, Lacerta sicula patrizii

Other names and names in other languages (7)
  • Pontian wall lizardEnglish
  • Pontinische MauereidechseGerman
  • Lagartija de las PontinasSpanish
  • Lucertola Campestre PonzianaItalian
  • Italian:root
  • Pontinische RuineneidechseGerman
  • West Pontinische InseleidechseGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the lataste's 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 lataste's lizard?

An adult lataste's lizard weighs 5.7 g and measures 6.25 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the lataste's lizard live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the lataste's lizard for 1 country: Italy. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the lataste's lizard?

The lataste's lizard (Podarcis latastei) 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). Lataste's lizard (Podarcis latastei). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/latastes-lizard

MLA

“Lataste's lizard (Podarcis latastei).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/latastes-lizard.

BibTeX
@misc{latastes_lizard_2026,
  title = {Lataste's lizard (Podarcis latastei)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/latastes-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}