Podarcis hispanica

Spanish wall lizard ( Podarcis hispanica)

The Spanish wall lizard ( Podarcis hispanica) or Iberian wall lizard belongs to the family of the Real lizards ( Lacertidae ) and to the genus of wall lizards ( Podarcis ).

Features

The Spanish wall lizard reaches a total length of 18 to 20 centimeters. It is a typical slim wall lizard with a brownish color and a pointed snout.

Distribution and habitat

The lizard lives in the Iberian Peninsula, in northwest Africa and in the extreme southwest of France in the Languedoc- Roussillon, there only directly in the coastal region of the Mediterranean. They settled mostly dry, rocky, sparsely vegetated habitats only, and tree trunks. It occurs up to an altitude of 1800 meters and dares in the vicinity of human settlements. In northern Spain, she lived with the common wall lizard ( Podarcis muralis ). In warm climates the Spanish wall lizard are active throughout the day and also keep not hibernate. The Lataste (Vipera latastei ) is a predator of lizards. The Spanish wall lizard can perceive the presence of this enemy chemosensory feeding.

Nutrition

The Spanish wall lizard eats insects such as flies, butterflies, True crickets and grasshoppers, but also isopods, spiders and millipedes. After eating, they wipe the mouth clean with lateral movements of objects.