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SpeciesLacertidae
Reptiles

🦎Viviparous lizard

Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823)

The viviparous lizard or common lizard is a Eurasian lizard. It lives farther north than any other non-marine reptile species, and is named for the fact that it is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young. Both "Zootoca" and "vivipara" mean "live birth", in (Latinized) Greek and Latin respectively. It was called Lacerta vivipara until the genus Lacerta was split into nine genera in 2007 by Arnold, Arribas & Carranza.

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≈ 1/5,800th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
0.01 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
12 years
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Everything we know about the Viviparous lizard

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Body mass
0.01 kgmaximum recorded
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Maximum lifespan
12 yearsmaximum recorded
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Diet
Carnivorous
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Activity cycle
Diurnal
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Foraging mode
AMB
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Venomous
No
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Snout–vent length
0.08 mmaximum recorded
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By sex

  • Female0.06 mReptTraitsv1.2 (Oskyrko et al. 2024)
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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.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classSquamata
  4. ›familyLacertidae
  5. ›genusZootoca
  6. ›speciesZootoca vivipara
Full lineage
  1. superorderLepidosauria
  2. orderLizards & snakes · Squamata
  3. familyLacertidae
  4. genusZootoca
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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. genusZootoca
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Waldeidechse (de), ještěrka živorodá (cs), sisilisko (fi), Lézard vivipare (fr), Nordfirfisle (nb), levendbarende hagedis (nl) … and 21 more languages
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Lacerta vivipara 1 (Marek Szczepanek)Common (viviparous) lizard (zootoca vivipara)Common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) ^Explored Flickr John Freshney
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