Horvath's rock lizard

Croatian rock lizard ( Iberolacerta horvathi )

The Croatian rock lizard ( Iberolacerta horvathi; former name: Lacerta horvathi ) is a petite and moderately flattened lizard with short -sharpened head. The dorsal scales are keeled. The tail reaches about twice the head-body length. The top of the head, trunk and tail is light gray - brown; the flanks are much darker. The underside is whitish to yellowish and spotless. This species is up to 18 cm tall.

The Croatian rock lizard inhabits humid areas in the mountains 400-1900 m above sea level and occurs in disjunct populations in northern Italy, southern Austria, Northwest Slovenia and in a small part of the Karwendel in Germany. The latter only in 1990 described occurrence is unlikely and could not be detected again. The large distance of the Karwendel to the known range of the species and the lack of new records suggest that it has acted to abandoned animals.