Common wall lizard
Scientific name: Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)
Overview
The common wall lizard is a species of lizard with a large distribution in Europe and well-established introduced populations in North America, where it is also called the European wall lizard. It can grow to about 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length. The animal has shown variation in the places it has been introduced to. Fossils have been found in a cave in Greece dating to the early part of the Holocene.
From the Wikipedia article “Podarcis muralis”, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Conservation status
Least concern on the IUCN Red List, as recorded on Wikidata, citing The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2.
Where it lives
The Catalogue of Life records it in: Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Italy (incl. Elba), Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia (Slavonia), Cres island, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Bulgaria, Gre.
Common names
Names in other languages (7)
- Arabic
- سحلية الحيطان
- Chinese
- 普通壁蜥
- French
- Lézard des murailles
- German
- Mauereidechse
- Japanese
- ムラリスカベカナヘビ
- Russian
- Обыкновенная стенная ящерица
- Spanish
- Lagartija Roquera
Related animals
Sources
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Catalogue of Life — scientific name, classification, common names and range.
Version 2026-09-11, CC BY 4.0.
This species in the Catalogue of Life.
Citation
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n Source database: The Reptile Database.
- GBIF — species page and recorded occurrences.
- Wikidata — conservation status, names in other languages. Q186615, CC0 1.0.
- Wikipedia — overview, from the article “Podarcis muralis”, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Photo — Mariomassone, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
- Range map — Osado, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. File page.
Last updated: 4 October 2026