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Miles wall lizard

Podarcis milensis (Bedriaga, 1882)

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The miles wall lizard (Podarcis milensis) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 3.2 g to 3.4 g and reach 5.52 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Greece.

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Quick facts about the miles wall lizard

Weight
3.2 g – 3.4 g
Length
5.14 cm – 5.52 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 4
Litters or clutches a year
1 – 2
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the miles wall lizard?

MILES WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 5.52 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 5.52 cm, the recorded maximum length of the miles wall lizard is about 3.2% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the miles 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 miles 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 miles 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 miles wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis milensis (Bedriaga, 1882)

Synonyms Lacerta erhardii schweizeri, Lacerta muralis adolfjordansi, Lacerta muralis fusca, Lacerta muralis milensis, Lacerta muralis var. milensis

Other names and names in other languages (15)
  • Milos wall lizardEnglish
  • ještěrka miloskáCzech
  • MilosmauereidechseGerman
  • Σαύρα της ΜήλουGreek
  • Lagartija de MilosSpanish
  • miloksenmuurisisiliskoFinnish
  • Lézard de MilosFrench
  • miloszi faligyíkHungarian
  • Lucertola di MiloItalian
  • MiloshagedisDutch
  • Murówka milojskaPolish
  • Милосская ящерицаRussian
  • Milos-MauereidechseGerman
  • Γουστέρα της ΜήλουGreek
  • Lucertola dell'isola di MiloItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the miles 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 miles wall lizard?

An adult miles wall lizard weighs 3.2 g – 3.4 g and measures 5.14 cm – 5.52 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the miles wall lizard live?

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

What kind of animal is the miles wall lizard?

The miles wall lizard (Podarcis milensis) 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{miles_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Miles wall lizard (Podarcis milensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/miles-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}