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Rhodes green lizard

Lacerta diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952

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The rhodes green lizard (Lacerta diplochondrodes) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 21.8 g and reach 10.8 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Greece.

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Quick facts about the rhodes green lizard

Weight
21.8 g
Length
10.8 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
13 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Young per litter or clutch
9.5
Age at maturity
2 years
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Lifestyle
Terrestrial
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the rhodes green lizard?

RHODES GREEN LIZARD · LENGTH 10.8 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 10.8 cm, the recorded maximum length of the rhodes green lizard is about 6.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the rhodes green 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 rhodes green lizard is listed for 1 country.

Greece
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Greece

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the rhodes green 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 rhodes green lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusLacerta
  7. SpeciesLacerta diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952

Synonyms Lacerta trilineata cariensis, Lacerta trilineata dobrogica, Lacerta trilineata galatiensis

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Anatolian green lizardEnglish
  • East Aegean green lizardEnglish
  • Eastern Balkan green lizardEnglish
  • Rhodos green lizardEnglish
  • Østligt Stort SmaragdfirbenDanish
  • Rhodos-RiesensmaragdeidechseGerman
  • Ανατολική ΤρανόσαυραGreek
  • Lagarto verde de los Balcanes orientalesSpanish
  • Lézard vert de RhodesFrench
  • Ramarro balcanico orientaleItalian
  • Rodos Yeşil KertenkelesiTurkish
  • Östliche Balkan-RiesensmaragdeidechseGerman
  • Lagarto verde del BósforoSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the rhodes green lizard

Other species in the same genus Lacerta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the rhodes green lizard?

An adult rhodes green lizard weighs 21.8 g and measures 10.8 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the rhodes green lizard live?

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

What kind of animal is the rhodes green lizard?

The rhodes green lizard (Lacerta diplochondrodes) 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). Rhodes green lizard (Lacerta diplochondrodes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhodes-green-lizard

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{rhodes_green_lizard_2026,
  title = {Rhodes green lizard (Lacerta diplochondrodes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/rhodes-green-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}