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Common wall lizard

Podarcis muralis

508Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
15Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb9
Mar50
Apr53
May73
Jun76
Jul74
Aug82
Sep42
Oct41
Nov5
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Isle of Wight England101
2Dorset England92
3Bristol, City of England49
4Swansea Wales46
5Devon England20
6Kent England14
7Somerset England8
8Suffolk England6
9Highland Scotland2
10Powys Wales2
11Cambridgeshire England1
12Oxfordshire England1
13Gloucestershire England1
14Ceredigion Wales1
15Brighton and Hove England1
438 England2 Scotland59 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 15 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
508
Peak month
August
Counties with records
15
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Podarcis muralis
Group
Reptiles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
467
Most recorded in
Isle of Wight, Dorset
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Squamata
Family
Lacertidae
Genus
Podarcis
Name with authority
Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)
Described
1768
Contributing datasets
6

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q186615 · GBIF 2469188