Medium lizard

Weight

26 g – 44.2 g

Length

11 cm

Lifespan

10 years – 14 years

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

Not recorded

Egg incubation

79 days

Young per litter or clutch

8.95

Age at maturity

18 months – 3.5 years

Litters or clutches a year

1.4

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classReptilia
4. orderSquamata
5. familyLacertidae
6. genusLacerta
7. SpeciesLacerta media Lantz & Cyrén, 1920

Synonyms Lacerta media media, Lacerta strigata wolterstorffi, Lacerta trilineata isaurica, Lacerta trilineata israelica, Lacerta trilineata media, Lacerta viridis, Lacerta viridis media, Lacerta viridis strigata

Catalogue of Life

LC, Least Concern

Sand lizard

Lacerta agilis

Lacertidae

LC, Least Concern

European green lizard

Lacerta viridis

Lacertidae

W

Western green lizard

Lacerta bilineata

LacertidaeNo free photo yet

I

Iberian green lizard

Lacerta schreiberi

LacertidaeNo free photo yet

B

Balkan green lizard

Lacerta trilineata

LacertidaeNo free photo yet

S

Striated lizard

Lacerta strigata

LacertidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMedium lizard vs Sand lizardMedium lizard vs European green lizardMedium lizard vs Western green lizardMedium lizard vs Iberian green lizard

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@misc{medium_lizard_2026,
  title = {Medium lizard (Lacerta media)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/medium-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}