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title: "Cretan Wall Lizard"
description: "Podarcis cretensis — Rettili. Podarcis cretensis, the Cretan wall lizard, is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to Crete (including its satellite islands)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/cretan-wall-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Cretan Wall Lizard

> Podarcis cretensis — Rettili. Podarcis cretensis, the Cretan wall lizard, is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to Crete (including its satellite islands).

- Scientific name: *Podarcis cretensis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Rettili)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 671
- Wikidata: [Q3906884](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3906884)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35700](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35700)

## Names

- en: Cretan Wall Lizard
- de: Kretische Mauereidechse
- es: Lagartija de Creta
- fr: Lézard de Crète

## Countries with the most observations

GR (647)

## Summary

Podarcis cretensis, the Cretan wall lizard, is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to Crete (including its satellite islands).
Until 2008, these lizards were considered a subspecies of Podarcis erhardii. Genetic analysis, however, revealed that it is a separate species closely related to Podarcis peloponnesiacus.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podarcis_cretensis

## Photo

![Cretan Wall Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cretan-wall-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andreas Manz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/153369173

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cretan-wall-lizard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).