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title: "Spotted Sand Lizard"
description: "Pedioplanis lineoocellata — Reptielen. Pedioplanis lineoocellata, known commonly as the common sand lizard, the ocellated sand lizard, and the spotted sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/spotted-sand-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Spotted Sand Lizard

> Pedioplanis lineoocellata — Reptielen. Pedioplanis lineoocellata, known commonly as the common sand lizard, the ocellated sand lizard, and the spotted sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

- Scientific name: *Pedioplanis lineoocellata*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptielen)
- Habitats: `desert` (Woestijn)
- iNaturalist observations: 1020
- Wikidata: [Q5074783](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5074783)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35738](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35738)

## Names

- en: Spotted Sand Lizard
- de: Gepunkteter Wüstenrenner

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (888), NA (92), BW (4)

## Summary

Pedioplanis lineoocellata, known commonly as the common sand lizard, the ocellated sand lizard, and the spotted sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.

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

## Photo

![Spotted Sand Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/spotted-sand-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andrew Deacon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/87547497

## Machine access

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