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SpeciesLacertidae
Reptiles

🦎Sand lizard

Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758

The sand lizard is a lacertid lizard. There are several subspecies, including L. a. agilis, L. a. argus, and L. a. exigua.

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≈ 1/1,830th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.03 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
15 years
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Everything we know about the Sand lizard

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.03 kgmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
15 yearsmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Foraging mode
ACT
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

Venomous
No
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Snout–vent length
0.11 mmaximum recorded
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Source: ReptTraits · v1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female0.08 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
Volume l
0 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Sand lizard yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyLacertidae
  5. ›genusLacerta
  6. ›speciesLacerta agilis
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. familyLacertidae
  4. genusLacerta
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. superorderLepidosauria
  10. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  11. familyLacertidae
  12. genusLacerta
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In other languages
Zauneidechse (de), ливаден гущер (bg), llangardaix pirinenc (ca), ještěrka obecná (cs), Markfirben (da), Lacerta agilis (es) … and 23 more languages
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