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

They are commonly known as wall lizards.

Unlike some other wall lizards, the stripe along the spine is less dark than other bands.

Pseuderemias is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae.

The genus Gallotia are the lacertids (wall lizards) of the Canary Islands.

Family Lacertidae (wall lizards or true lizards)

Infraorder Scincomorpha: Skinks, wall lizards and relatives.

Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards), they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha.

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

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Snapping turtles Chelydra serpentina and wall lizards Podarcis muralis also survive nominal freezing but it has not been established to be adaptive for overwintering.

Timon (genus) is genus of wall lizards, including Ocellated Lizard (Timon lepidus)

An exception is Meroles anchietae, one of the few wall lizards that regularly eats seeds - an appropriate food for a lizard of the harsh Namib Desert.

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 elaborate colors of a male can signal to a female that he is healthy, disease free, or has good genes Podarcis melisellensis, also called Dalmatian wall lizards, are found in Croatia.

Instrucción sobre el remedio de las lagartijas (On the remedy of wall lizards), 1782, where he debated the use of wall lizards as a cure for cancer.

In addition to the wall lizard that is a feature of the region, other species include otters, genets, badgers, wild cats, water moles, red breasted bullfinches, Algerian wall lizards and midwife frogs.

The island endemic Santo Stefano lizard (P. s. sanctistephani) became extinct in 1965 after introduction of predators, interbreeding with introduced wall lizards, and a disease epidemic which wiped out the last remnants.

Ann Amengual, the director of the Garden City Nursery School, said her pupils were fascinated with the wall lizards, which took up lodgings in the brush surrounding the playground and in a side garden.

Russell Burke, an assistant professor of biology at Hofstra University who has been studying them for six years, said they are Podarcis sicula campestris, distantly related to iguanas, commonly known as Italian wall lizards or ruin lizards.

Corrigan refers to Hardress Cregan and his nocturnal boat rides to his secret wife as being, 'like Leander, barring the wetting' 'Mesalina' is a genus of wall lizards of the family (biology) 'Lacertidae'.

Professor Lorenz Müller was known for his studies on the Balearic Islands species of the Genus Podarcis (wall lizards) during the 1920s where he described several subspecies for the first time, including the now extinct Ratas Island Lizard.

The Armenian Lizard (Darevskia armeniaca), also known as Armenian Rock Lizard is a parthenogenetic (unisexually breeding) form of Darevskia, a genus of lizards belonging to the family of Lacertidae, the wall lizards.

The sphenodonts (or rhynchocephalids) are an offshoot from the evolutionary line leading to the true lizards and snakes.

The modern Tuatara retains the basic lepidosaur skull, distinguishing it from true lizards in spite of superficial similarities.

Family Lacertidae (wall lizards or true lizards)

Araeoscelidians were small animals (less than one meter in length) looking somewhat like lizards, though they are only distantly related to true lizards.

They are called commonly 'pink-tongued lizards' in Australia, where true lizards '(Lacertidae)' do not naturally occur.

Squamates, including snakes and all true lizards, further lightened the skull by eliminating the lower margin of the lower skull opening.

Then, as he began dropping them, they broke from their stupor, leaped for the walls, and like true lizards swarmed up the sheer faces of the cliffs.

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Skinks look roughly like true lizards, but most species have no pronounced neck and their legs are relatively small; several genera (e.g., Typhlosaurus) have no limbs at all.

Blue-tailed sandveld lizard, Nucras caesicaudata, is a wall lizard species of the genus Nucras and the family of true lizards (Lacertidae).

Paolo saw a flash of fear in his eyes, but he said wryly, "At least that means no Lacertas.

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Most other Lacertidae cannot make high jumps to catch their prey.

Iberolacerta is a genus of lizard in the Lacertidae family.

The western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) is a wall lizard of the Lacertidae family.

Although superficially similar to the snakes and Dibamidae, recent phylogenetic studies suggest that they are most closely related to the Lacertidae.

The Simon's desert racer (Mesalina simoni) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.

Timon princeps is a species of Timon which belongs to the family of Lacertidae, the wall lizards.

Four well- developed limbs; a long caudal appendage; five toes, unequal in length, almost like one of the Lacertidae, yet there are traces of wings."

Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards), they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha.

Timon tangitanus, common name Moroccan Eyed Lizard, is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.

Salvador, A 1982 A revision of the lizards of the genus Acanthodactylus (Sauria: Lacertidae).

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Holaspis, a lizard that glided by accident: mosaics of cooption and adaptation in a tropical forest lacertid (Reptilia, Lacertidae. )

The Coastal Common Fringe-toed Lizard (Acanthodactylus lineomaculatus) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.

Arnold, E. N. 1997 Interrelationships and evolution of the east Asian grass lizards, Takydromus (Squamata: Lacertidae).

The Red-tailed Spiny-footed Lizard (Acanthodactylus erythrurus, or the "Spanish acanthodactylus"), is considered to be the fastest member of the huge Lacertidae family.

The Gran Canaria Giant Lizard (Gallotia stehlini) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family that grows to lengths up to 80 cm.

The Italian wall lizard, ruin lizard, or İstanbul lizard (Podarcis sicula from the Greek meaning 'agile' and 'feet') is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

Olgun, Kurtulus; Tok, Cemal Varol 1999 Ihlara Vadisi (Aksaray)'nden toplanan Ophisops elegans (Sauria: Lacertidae) ornekleri hakkinda.

Lin, Si-Min; Chaolun Allen Chen and Kuang-Yang Lue 2002 Molecular Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Grass Lizards Genus Takydromus (Reptilia: Lacertidae) of East Asia.

The Armenian Lizard (Darevskia armeniaca), also known as Armenian Rock Lizard is a parthenogenetic (unisexually breeding) form of Darevskia, a genus of lizards belonging to the family of Lacertidae, the wall lizards.