📸 PhotoPhoto: Mariomassone · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons Source
Common Wall Lizard
Podarcis muralis (Common Wall Lizard · ムラリスカベカナヘビ)
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A length of about 20 cm is slightly shorter than the short side of an A4 sheet of paper (21 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 In Cincinnati in the United States, a few individuals deliberately released in the early 1950s spread and became established. The state of Indiana carried out an eradication project at Falls of the Ohio State Park in 2005–2007 and still accepts sighting reports (Indiana Department of Natural Resources).
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Common Wall Lizard is a lizard widespread across southern and central Europe that likes stone walls and rocky hills and also lives near cities.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
When fully grown, it is 5.5–8 inches (about 14–20 cm) long, with a brown or gray back and mottled flanks.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
It eats insects such as crickets and grasshoppers, and occasionally earthworms. It is oviparous, laying eggs, and in rocky areas up to 1,500 individuals may live together per acre.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
No direct record connecting this species to Korea has been found.
📚 Sources & References
- • IUCN Red List LC (2009) — https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/61550/12514105
- • IUCN Red List category LC — latest assessment at iucnredlist.org
- • catalogueoflife.org — 4KPJ3
- • iucnredlist.org — 12514105
- • wikidata.org — Q186615
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Podarcis muralis near Entella river 006.jpg
- • in.gov — wall-lizards
- • reptile-database.reptarium.cz — species
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Titouan Montessuit · CC BY 4.0
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.