Common Wall Lizard
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Common Wall Lizard

Podarcis muralis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
Insufficient data
overall probability at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
2 Verified records at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve
☀️ Diurnal When it's active during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

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. Wikipedia →

📅 Monthly Probability

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Fewer than 5 records of Common Wall Lizard at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve — not enough to chart months honestly.

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
80–90%
2 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
80–90%
3 Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
70–80%
4 Triglav National Park 🇸🇮 Slovenia
70–80%
5 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
60–70%
6 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
60–70%
7 Mercantour National Park 🇫🇷 France
50–60%
8 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
40–50%
9 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
20–30%
10 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
20–30%
11 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
5–10%
12 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
13 Tatra National Park 🇸🇰 Slovakia
Insufficient data
14 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
15 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data
16 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
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