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Podarcis muralis
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species of reptile
OverviewAI-generated
Podarcis muralis, commonly known as the common wall lizard, is a species within the family Lacertidae. It belongs to the genus Podarcis and is classified under the class Squamata, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The species is diurnal in its activity cycle.
Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2009. The taxon has been described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Occurrence records for this species number 412,295, while iDigBio holds 2,100 records, including 23 media files, with data from institutions such as OWU in the United States.
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Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyLacertidae
Vallée du Riberot Ariège Midi-Pyrénées
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,100
- With media
- 23
- Family
- Lacertidae
- Collections
- OWU
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Podarcis muralis
- Commons category
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- Commons gallery
- Podarcis muralis
- taxon common name
- Pipi-
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- sequenced genome URL
- www.ensembl.org/Podarcis_muralis
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- short name
- P. muralis
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Encyclopedic overview
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. It can grow to about 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length. The animal has shown variation in the places it has been introduced to. Fossils have been found in a cave in Greece dating to the early part of the Holocene.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Podarcis muralis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.