common wall lizard
podarcis muralis latin

Common wall lizards may also have dark markings on the throat.

The common wall lizard is a small, thin lizard.

The common wall lizard is a small, thin lizard whose small scales are highly variable in colour and pattern.

A subspecies of the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis tinettoi, is endemic to the island.

The common wall lizard prefers rocky environments, including urban settings, where it can scurry between rock, rubble, debris and buildings.

The Italian wall lizard and the common wall lizard have been introduced to North America.

Common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)

The common wall lizard, introduced from Italy in the 1950s, is an example of fauna in the area that lends a subtropical ambiance to the region.

Whitetail deer, nearly tame chipmunks, and common wall lizards are some of the campus fauna that are commonly observed on campus.

Where its range overlaps that of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis), it is found at higher altitudes and it climbs higher up cliffs.

It is called the common wall lizard, European wall lizard, or simply "wall lizard", despite the fact that the last name is also used for its relatives.

A more recent example is the introduction of the common wall lizard to North America by a Cincinnati boy, George Rau, around 1950 after a family vacation to Italy.

The largest British colony of common wall lizards live in walls around the town, and a wall specially designed as a habitat for them was recently built at the Botanic Garden.

The common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis, 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.

Lizards found in England are slow-worms, common lizards, sand lizards, european green lizards (introduced) and the common wall lizard (introduced from mainland Europe - found in the Isle of Wight.)

Some widespread lizards include the Sand Lizard, European green lizard, Western Green Lizard, Viviparous lizard, common wall lizard, Iberian wall lizard, Italian Wall Lizard and others.

The reptiles that thrive in the rock are the common wall lizard, the lizard and various snakes such as the rat snake, the grass snake of Aesculapius and the viper; around streams live amphibians like frogs and salamanders.

This interesting change may be observed while traveling through Ohio on Interstate 75 from Cincinnati to Toledo; the observant traveler of this diverse state may even catch a glimpse of Cincinnati's common wall lizard, one of the few examples of permanent "subtropical" fauna in Ohio.

In the warmer niches it is not at all uncommon to find such "subtropical" novelties as the common wall lizard, the Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), and even the rare Needle palm; Blue spruce and Salamander tend to occur in the cooler and shaded niches.