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Skyros wall lizard

Podarcis gaigeae (Werner, 1930)

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The skyros wall lizard (Podarcis gaigeae) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 4.71 g to 10.8 g and reach 6.43 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Greece.

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Quick facts about the skyros wall lizard

Weight
4.71 g – 10.8 g
Length
6.17 cm – 6.43 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
5 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Egg incubation
59.5 days
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 5
Age at maturity
11 months
Litters or clutches a year
1.9 – 3
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 skyros wall lizard?

SKYROS WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 6.43 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.43 cm, the recorded maximum length of the skyros wall lizard is about 3.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the skyros 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 skyros 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 skyros 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 skyros wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis gaigeae (Werner, 1930)

Synonyms Lacerta erhardii weigandi, Lacerta taurica gaigeae, Podarcis erhardii gaigeae, Podarcis gaigeae weigandi, Podarcis milensis gaigeae, Podarcis taurica gaigeae

Other names and names in other languages (10)
  • ještěrka skyrosskáCzech
  • SkyrosmauereidechseGerman
  • Σαύρα της ΣκύρουGreek
  • Lagartija de EscirosSpanish
  • skyroksenmuurisisiliskoFinnish
  • Lézard de SkyrosFrench
  • szkíroszi faligyíkHungarian
  • Lucertola di SciroItalian
  • SkyroshagedisDutch
  • Skyros-MauereidechseGerman

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the skyros wall lizard

Other species in the same genus Podarcis.

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Common questions

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How big is the skyros wall lizard?

An adult skyros wall lizard weighs 4.71 g – 10.8 g and measures 6.17 cm – 6.43 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the skyros wall lizard live?

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

What kind of animal is the skyros wall lizard?

The skyros wall lizard (Podarcis gaigeae) 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). Skyros wall lizard (Podarcis gaigeae). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/skyros-wall-lizard

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BibTeX
@misc{skyros_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Skyros wall lizard (Podarcis gaigeae)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/skyros-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}