Family

Wall Lizards

Lacertidae

72 species in our catalog · found in 76 parks

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassSquamata
FamilyLacertidae (Wall Lizards)

Species in this group

Each card shows the species at its best park — tap for the full profile

Podarcis muralis

Daily sighting probability ~90% · Very likely

Lacerta viridis

Daily sighting probability ~70% · Very likely

Lacerta bilineata

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Zootoca vivipara

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

LC Endemic

Pedioplanis rubens

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Podarcis vaucheri

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Psammodromus algirus

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Iberolacerta monticola

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Lacerta agilis

Daily sighting probability ~50% · Likely

Meroles cuneirostris

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Takydromus tachydromoides

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Podarcis liolepis

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Pedioplanis burchelli

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Podarcis guadarramae

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Meroles anchietae

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Heliobolus lugubris

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Eremias przewalskii

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Adolfus jacksoni

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

Podarcis tauricus

Daily sighting probability ~40% · Likely

LC Endemic

Takydromus hsuehshanensis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Adolfus kibonotensis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Iberolacerta horvathi

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Meroles suborbitalis

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Timon lepidus

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Iberolacerta aranica

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

LC Endemic

Iberolacerta cyreni

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Latastia doriai

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Takydromus sexlineatus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

LC Endemic

Timon nevadensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Lacerta schreiberi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Podarcis virescens

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Adolfus africanus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Heliobolus spekii

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Takydromus kuehnei

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Adolfus masavaensis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Pedioplanis namaquensis

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Acanthodactylus erythrurus

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Pedioplanis inornata

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Latastia longicaudata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Meroles squamulosus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Endemic

Pedioplanis branchi

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Iberolacerta bonnali

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Congolacerta vauereselli

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Nucras lalandii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Meroles reticulatus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Pedioplanis lineoocellata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Eremias multiocellata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Pedioplanis undata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Latastia johnstonii

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Nucras ornata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Nucras holubi

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Endemic

Pedioplanis mayeri

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Psammodromus occidentalis

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

LC Endemic

Pedioplanis breviceps

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Podarcis hispanicus

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Meroles knoxii

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Psammodromus edwarsianus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Ichnotropis capensis

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Podarcis siculus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Eremias argus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

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Showing the 60 most likely of 72 species — the park table below covers them all.

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~30%

Mar

~40%

Apr

~40%

May

~40%

Jun

~30%

Jul

~30%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~20%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Wall Lizards

Worldwide records of this group (human observations from 2019 onwards, GBIF). Pins mark our parks — tap one for the chance of seeing at least one species of the group there.

Parks Ranked

Chance of seeing at least one species of the group · number of its species present

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Picos de Europa National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	7	>90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
	Iberian Rock Lizard			~50%
	Western Green Lizard			~40%
	Ocellated Lizard			~30%
	Iberian Emerald Lizard			~20%
	Viviparous Lizard			Insufficient data
	Large Psammodromus			Insufficient data
2	Aigüestortes National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	8	>90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~90%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Viviparous Lizard			~20%
	Aran Rock Lizard			~20%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~20%
	Large Psammodromus			Insufficient data
	Pyrenean Rock Lizard			~20%
	Ocellated Lizard			Insufficient data
3	Cévennes National Park	🇫🇷 France	8	>90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~70%
	Western Green Lizard			~60%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~40%
	Ocellated Lizard			~30%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
	East Iberian Psammodromus			Insufficient data
	Large Psammodromus			Insufficient data
4	Pyrénées National Park	🇫🇷 France	11	>90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~70%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~30%
	Viviparous Lizard			~20%
	Large Psammodromus			~20%
	Ocellated Lizard			~10%
	Pyrenean Rock Lizard			~10%
	Aran Rock Lizard			~10%
	Aurelio's Rock Lizard			~10%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
	East Iberian Psammodromus			Insufficient data
5	Namib-Naukluft National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	14	~90%
	Wedge-snouted Desert Lizard			~40%
	Shovel-snouted Lizard			~40%
	Spotted Sand Lizard			~30%
	Namaqua Sand Lizard			~20%
	Plain Sand Lizard			~20%
	Bill’s Sand Lizard			~20%
	Reticulate Sand Lizard			~20%
	Spotted Sand Lizard			~10%
	Plain Sand Lizard			~10%
	Short-headed Sandveld Lizard			~10%
	Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard			~10%
	Bushveld Lizard			~10%
	+2 more at the park page…
6	Plitvice Lakes National Park	🇭🇷 Croatia	6	~90%
	Green Lizard			~70%
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
	Horvath's Rock Lizard			~30%
	Sand Lizard			Insufficient data
	Viviparous Lizard			Insufficient data
	Italian Wall Lizard			Insufficient data
7	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	5	~90%
	Green Lizard			~70%
	Balkan Wall Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			Insufficient data
	Viviparous Lizard			Insufficient data
8	Triglav National Park	🇸🇮 Slovenia	6	~90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
	Green Lizard			~40%
	Horvath's Rock Lizard			~30%
	Western Green Lizard			~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			Insufficient data
	Sand Lizard			Insufficient data
9	Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	4	~90%
	Common Wall Lizard			~80%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~30%
	Ocellated Lizard			Insufficient data
	Pyrenean Rock Lizard			~10%
10	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	7	~90%
	Andalusian wall lizard			~50%
	Large Psammodromus			~50%
	Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard			~20%
	Spiny-footed Lizard			~20%
	Catalonian Wall Lizard			~10%
	Spanish Wall Lizard			~10%
	Ocellated Lizard			~10%
11	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	8	~90%
	Guadarrama Wall Lizard			~40%
	Large Psammodromus			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~30%
	Cyren’s Rock Lizard			~20%
	Ocellated Lizard			~20%
	Iberian Emerald Lizard			~20%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~10%
	Spiny-footed Lizard			~10%
12	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	4	~80%
	Common Wall Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
	Green Lizard			~20%
13	Mercantour National Park	🇫🇷 France	4	~80%
	Common Wall Lizard			~60%
	Western Green Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			~20%
	Ocellated Lizard			~10%
14	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	7	~80%
	Large Psammodromus			~50%
	Ocellated Lizard			~20%
	Green Iberian Wall Lizard			~20%
	Guadarrama Wall Lizard			Insufficient data
	Western Psammodromus			Insufficient data
	Spiny-footed Lizard			Insufficient data
	Iberian Emerald Lizard			Insufficient data
15	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	6	~80%
	Large Psammodromus			~40%
	Andalusian wall lizard			~40%
	Spiny-footed Lizard			~20%
	Western Psammodromus			~10%
	Carbonell’s Wall Lizard			Insufficient data
	Ocellated Lizard			Insufficient data
16	Tatra National Park	🇸🇰 Slovakia	3	~70%
	Viviparous Lizard			~60%
	Sand Lizard			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			Insufficient data
17	Waterberg Plateau Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	2	~70%
	Ruben's Sand Lizard			~60%
	Bushveld Lizard			~40%
18	Ecrins National Park	🇫🇷 France	3	~70%
	Common Wall Lizard			~50%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Viviparous Lizard			~10%
19	Hohe Tauern National Park	🇦🇹 Austria	3	~60%
	Common Wall Lizard			~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			Insufficient data
20	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	2	~60%
	Sand Lizard			~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
21	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	2	~60%
	Viviparous Lizard			~60%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
22	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	4	~60%
	Sand Lizard			~40%
	Green Lizard			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			Insufficient data
	Viviparous Lizard			Insufficient data
23	Białowieża National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	2	~60%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			~30%
24	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	3	~50%
	Gobi Racerunner			~40%
	Multi-ocellated Racerunner			Insufficient data
	Mongolia Racerunner			Insufficient data
25	Golden Gate Highlands National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~50%
	Burchell's Sand Lizard			~40%
	Laland's Lizard			Insufficient data
26	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1	~50%
	Sand Lizard			~50%
27	Gauja National Park	🇱🇻 Latvia	2	~50%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
	Sand Lizard			Insufficient data
28	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~40%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~40%
	Multi-scaled Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
29	Vanoise National Park	🇫🇷 France	3	~40%
	Common Wall Lizard			~30%
	Western Green Lizard			~10%
	Viviparous Lizard			Insufficient data
30	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2	~40%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~30%
	Sparse-scaled Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
31	Camargue	🇫🇷 France	3	~40%
	Western Green Lizard			~30%
	Common Wall Lizard			~20%
	East Iberian Psammodromus			Insufficient data
32	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	3	~40%
	Multi-scaled Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
	Sparse-scaled Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
33	Nikko National Park	🇯🇵 Japan	1	~40%
	Japanese Grass Lizard			~40%
34	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	4	~40%
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard			Insufficient data
	Bushveld Lizard			Insufficient data
	Ornate Scrub Lizard			Insufficient data
	Holub’s Sandveld Lizard			Insufficient data
35	Taroko National Park	🇹🇼 Taiwan	2	~40%
	Hsuehshan Grass Lizard			~40%
	Koshun Grass Lizard			Insufficient data
36	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	1	~40%
	Viviparous Lizard			~40%
37	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~30%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~30%
38	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	4	~30%
	Speke’s sand lizard			~20%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			~10%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
	Uganda Savannah Lizard			Insufficient data
39	Cuc Phuong National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	2	~30%
	Kuhne's Grass Lizard			Insufficient data
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			Insufficient data
40	Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~30%
	Spotted Sand Lizard			~10%
	Namaqua Sand Lizard			~10%
	Bushveld Lizard			Insufficient data
41	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	3	~30%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~20%
	Multi-scaled Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
	Sparse-scaled Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
42	Etosha National Park	🇳🇦 Namibia	4	~30%
	Bushveld Lizard			~10%
	Mayer’s Sand Lizard			~10%
	Namaqua Sand Lizard			~10%
	Plain Sand Lizard			Insufficient data
43	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	3	~30%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			~10%
	Speke’s sand lizard			Insufficient data
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
44	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	7	~30%
	Striped Scrub Lizard			~10%
	Green-striped Mountain Lizard			~10%
	Spotted Sand Lizard			~10%
	Namaqua Sand Lizard			Insufficient data
	Burchell's Sand Lizard			Insufficient data
	Laland's Lizard			Insufficient data
	Karoo Sandveld Lizard			Insufficient data
45	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	3	~30%
	Viviparous Lizard			~20%
	Sand Lizard			~10%
	Common Wall Lizard			~10%
46	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	~30%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			Insufficient data
	Johnston’s long-tailed lizard			Insufficient data
47	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	~20%
	Speke’s sand lizard			~20%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			Insufficient data
48	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1	~20%
	Doria’s Long-tailed Lizard			Insufficient data
49	Cat Tien National Park	🇻🇳 Vietnam	1	~20%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~20%
50	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	2	~20%
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard			Insufficient data
	Ornate Scrub Lizard			Insufficient data
51	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	5	~20%
	Bushveld Lizard			~10%
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard			~10%
	Holub’s Sandveld Lizard			<5%
	Spotted Sandveld Lizard			Insufficient data
	Ornate Scrub Lizard			Insufficient data
52	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~20%
	🦎 Western Alpine Meadow Lizard			Insufficient data
53	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3	~20%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			~10%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			~10%
	Speke’s sand lizard			Insufficient data
54	Kerinci Seblat National Park	🇮🇩 Indonesia	1	~20%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			~20%
55	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2	~20%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
	Multi-scaled Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
56	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~10%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
57	Table Mountain National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3	~10%
	Knox's Ocellated Sand Lizard			~10%
	Cape Mountain Lizard			<5%
	Green-striped Mountain Lizard			Insufficient data
58	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	2	~10%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			Insufficient data
	Speke’s sand lizard			Insufficient data
59	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	~10%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
60	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	~10%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
61	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	2	~10%
	Bushveld Lizard			Insufficient data
	Cape Rough-scaled Lizard			Insufficient data
62	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	1	~10%
	Cape Rough-scaled Lizard			Insufficient data
63	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~10%
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard			~10%
	Cape Rough-scaled Lizard			Insufficient data
64	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2	~10%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			~10%
	Speke’s sand lizard			Insufficient data
65	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2	~10%
	Spotted Sand Lizard			<5%
	Cape Mountain Lizard			Insufficient data
66	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1	~10%
	Common Long-tailed Lizard			Insufficient data
67	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	~10%
	Common Wall Lizard			~10%
68	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	1	~10%
	Bushveld Lizard			Insufficient data
69	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	1	~10%
	Jackson's Forest Lizard			Insufficient data
70	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	1	~10%
	Speke’s sand lizard			Insufficient data
71	Kaeng Krachan National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1	<5%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			Insufficient data
72	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1	<5%
	Common Rough-scaled Lizard			Insufficient data
73	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1	<5%
	Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard			Insufficient data
74	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Common Wall Lizard			Insufficient data
75	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1	<5%
	Bosc’s Fringe-toed lizard			Insufficient data
76	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	1	<5%
	Common Wall Lizard			Insufficient data