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Vaucher's wall lizard

Podarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905)

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The vaucher's wall lizard (Podarcis vaucheri) is a species in the family Lacertidae, order Squamata. Recorded adults weigh about 3.15 g, reach 6.7 cm in length and live up to 2.9 years.

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Quick facts about the vaucher's wall lizard

Weight
3.15 g
Length
5.11 cm – 6.7 cm
Lifespan
2.9 years
Diet
Carnivore
Longest recorded lifespan
3 years
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrubland, woodland
Egg incubation
63 days
Young per litter or clutch
1 – 5
Litters or clutches a year
2 – 3
Reproduction
Eggs
Active
By day (diurnal)
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the vaucher's wall lizard?

VAUCHER'S WALL LIZARD · LENGTH 6.7 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.7 cm, the recorded maximum length of the vaucher's wall lizard is about 3.9% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the vaucher's wall lizard live?

Not recorded

Is the vaucher's 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 vaucher's wall lizard classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classReptilia
  4. orderSquamata
  5. familyLacertidae
  6. genusPodarcis
  7. SpeciesPodarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905)

Synonyms Lacerta bocagei vaucheri, Lacerta hispanica vaucheri, Lacerta muralis var. vaucheri, Lacerta muralis vaucheri, Podarcis hispanica vaucheri, Podarcis hispanicus vaucheri

Other names and names in other languages (14)
  • Andalusian wall lizardEnglish
  • llagartexa andaluzaAsturian
  • Andalusisk MurfirbenDanish
  • Maghreb-MauereidechseGerman
  • Ισπανική ΣαύραGreek
  • Lagartija andaluzaSpanish
  • Lézard de VaucherFrench
  • Lucertola andalusaItalian
  • Moorse MuurhagedisDutch
  • murówka andaluzyjskaPolish
  • Südiberische MauereidechseGerman
  • Lézard des murailles d'AndalousieFrench
  • Lézard hispanique d'Afrique du NordFrench
  • Lucertola dell'AndalusiaItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the vaucher's wall lizard

Other species in the same genus Podarcis.

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Common questions

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How big is the vaucher's wall lizard?

An adult vaucher's wall lizard weighs 3.15 g and measures 5.11 cm – 6.7 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

How long does the vaucher's wall lizard live?

The vaucher's wall lizard has a recorded lifespan of 2.9 years.

What kind of animal is the vaucher's wall lizard?

The vaucher's wall lizard (Podarcis vaucheri) 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). Vaucher's wall lizard (Podarcis vaucheri). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/vauchers-wall-lizard

MLA

“Vaucher's wall lizard (Podarcis vaucheri).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/vauchers-wall-lizard.

BibTeX
@misc{vauchers_wall_lizard_2026,
  title = {Vaucher's wall lizard (Podarcis vaucheri)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/vauchers-wall-lizard},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}