| Iberian Wall Lizard | |
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| Side view | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Podarcis |
| Species: | P. hispanica |
| Binomial name | |
| Podarcis hispanica Steindachner, 1870 |
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The Iberian Wall Lizard (Podarcis hispanica) is a small wall lizard species of the genus Podarcis averaging 50–70 mm adult snout-vent length (SVL). It is found in the Iberian peninsula, in northwestern Africa and in coastal districts in Languedoc-Roussillon in France.
In Spanish, they are commonly called lagartija and sargantana.
A subspecies of this lizard, Podarcis hispanica atrata, lives in the Columbretes Islands far off the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.