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Troodos lizard

Phoenicolacerta troodica (Werner, 1936)

Status not recordedlizards

The troodos lizard (Phoenicolacerta troodica) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh 3.19 g to 4.09 g and reach 6.03 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Cyprus.

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Quick facts about the troodos lizard

Weight
3.19 g – 4.09 gsrc for Weight
Length
5.58 cm – 6.03 cmsrc for Length
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Carnivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodlandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
52 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2 – 8src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2 – 3src for Litters or clutches a year
Reproduction
Eggssrc for Reproduction
Active
By day (diurnal)src for Active
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the troodos lizard?

TROODOS LIZARD · LENGTH 6.03 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.03 cm, the recorded maximum length of the troodos lizard is about 3.5% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

What eats the troodos lizard?

Species recorded in published studies and collections.

Recorded predators of the troodos lizard

2 on record

  1. Large whip snake Dolichophis jugularis2 sources
  2. Cyprus wheatear Oenanthe cypriaca2 sources

Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).

References for these records
  • Valakos E.D., Pafilis P., Sotiropoulos K., Lymberakis P., Maragou P., Foufopoulos J. 2008. The Amphibians and Reptiles of Greece. Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main.
  • Field notes on trophic spectrum of Dolichophis jugularis from Northern Cyprus. 2016. Biharean Biologist 10(2): 153-155
  • https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/325152222
  • Collar, N. & Christie, D.A. (2019). Cyprus Wheatear (Oenanthe cypriaca). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/58544 on 7 July 2019).

Where does the troodos 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 troodos lizard is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. Cyprus

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ReptileDB (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

Is the troodos 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 troodos lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPhoenicolacerta
  7. SpeciesPhoenicolacerta troodica (Werner, 1936)

Synonyms Lacerta laevis troodica, Lacerta troodica

Other names and names in other languages (12)
  • Cypriote wall lizardEnglish
  • Troodos rock lizardEnglish
  • Troodos wall lizardEnglish
  • ještěrka kyperskáCzech
  • Cypriotisk KlippefirbenDanish
  • Zypriotische EidechseGerman
  • Lagartija chipriotaSpanish
  • Lucertola muraiola di CiproItalian
  • TroödoshagedisDutch
  • Троодосская ящерицаRussian
  • Kıbrıs KertenkelesiTurkish
  • Trodos KertenkelesiTurkish

Catalogue of LifeiNaturalistITISWikidata

Relatives of the troodos lizard

Other species in the same genus Phoenicolacerta.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the troodos lizard?

An adult troodos lizard weighs 3.19 g – 4.09 g and measures 5.58 cm – 6.03 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the troodos lizard live?

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

What kind of animal is the troodos lizard?

The troodos lizard (Phoenicolacerta troodica) belongs to the family Lacertidae in the order Squamata.

What eats the troodos lizard?

Animals recorded preying on the troodos lizard include large whip snake and cyprus wheatear. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Troodos lizard (Phoenicolacerta troodica). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/troodos-lizard

MLA

“Troodos lizard (Phoenicolacerta troodica).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/troodos-lizard.

BibTeX
@misc{troodos_lizard_2026,
  title = {Troodos lizard (Phoenicolacerta troodica)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/troodos-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}