European Common Lizard

Zootoca vivipara

20,492Records since 2000

AugustPeak month

109Counties with records

Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan45

Feb222

Mar1,346

Apr3,277

May3,222

Jun2,740

Jul2,716

Aug3,354

Sep2,340

Oct519

Nov63

Dec25

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

#	County	Nation	Records
1	Highland	Scotland	1,633
2	Worcestershire	England	1,054
3	Kent	England	858
4	Devon	England	760
5	Cumbria	England	640
6	Cornwall	England	564
7	Norfolk	England	531
8	Essex	England	530
9	Powys	Wales	447
10	Suffolk	England	445
11	Surrey	England	386
12	North Yorkshire	England	340
13	Cambridgeshire	England	339
14	Pembrokeshire	Wales	315
15	Argyll and Bute	Scotland	314

13,846 England3,533 Scotland2,505 Wales580 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 109 counties in all.

Records since 2000: 20,492
Peak month: August
Counties with records: 109
IUCN Red List: Least Concern
Scientific name: Zootoca vivipara
Also known as: Viviparous lizard
Group: Reptiles
NBN Atlas records since 2000: 19,510
Most recorded in: Highland, Worcestershire, Kent, Devon, Cumbria, Cornwall, Norfolk, Essex, Powys, Suffolk, Surrey, North Yorkshire +38
Conservation designations: Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Bern Convention, Wildlife (NI) Order 1985, Global Red List (JNCC), Biodiversity List – Northern Ireland, Scottish Biodiversity List, GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – England, Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Zootoca
Name with authority: Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Described: 1823
Contributing datasets: 34