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title: "Jaszczurka zwinka"
description: "Lacerta agilis — Gady. The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is a lacertid lizard."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/sand-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Jaszczurka zwinka

> Lacerta agilis — Gady. The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is a lacertid lizard.

- Scientific name: *Lacerta agilis*
- Category: `reptiles` (Gady)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 41295
- Wikidata: [Q148595](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q148595)
- iNaturalist taxon: [35912](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/35912)

## Names

- en: Sand Lizard
- de: Zauneidechse
- es: Lagarto Ágil
- fr: Lézard des souches
- nl: Zandhagedis
- pt: Lagarto-ágil
- pl: Jaszczurka zwinka

## Countries with the most observations

DE (10274), RU (9042), PL (3764), AT (2902), UA (2680), CZ (2679), DK (1358), RO (862), NL (825), HU (630), CH (614), FR (581)

## Summary

The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is a lacertid lizard. There are several subspecies, including L. a. agilis, L. a. argus, and L. a. exigua.
The sand lizard is distributed across most of Europe from the southern coast of Britain and across the continent to Lake Baikal in Russia. It does not occur in European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy. In the northern extremes of the sand lizard's distribution, it survives by inhabiting seaside heathlands, where the ground temperature is elevated by the sun. The sand lizard uses warm sand to thermoregulate itself and to incubate its eggs.
Males are known for their bright…

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

## Photo

![Jaszczurka zwinka](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sand-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mark Pritchard · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/22257593

## Machine access

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