Medium lizard vs Sand lizard
The medium lizard is heavier: 20.6 g against 8.28 g for the sand lizard, about 2.5 times the weight.
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What is the difference between a medium lizard and a sand lizard?
Each point below is worked out from a pair of recorded values.
- The medium lizard is heavier: 20.6 g against 8.28 g for the sand lizard, about 2.5 times the weight.
- The medium lizard is longer: 11.4 cm against 7.91 cm for the sand lizard, about 44% longer.
- The medium lizard is longer-lived: 10 years against 8.5 years for the sand lizard, about 18% longer.
- Both belong to the genus Lacerta, so they are close relatives.
Side by side
| Medium lizard | Sand lizard | |
|---|---|---|
| Scientific name | Lacerta media | Lacerta agilis |
| Family | Lacertidae | Lacertidae |
| Order | Squamata | Squamata |
| Weight | 20.6 g – 44.2 g | 8.28 g – 9.87 g |
| Length | 11 cm – 11.4 cm | 7.76 cm – 7.91 cm |
| Lifespan | 10 years | 8.5 years |
| Main food | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Habitat | forest | forest |
| Conservation status | Not recorded | Least Concern |
| Countries recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
Which is bigger?
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