Balkan Green Lizard
Lacerta trilineata
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,469
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇷 Greece
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Balkan green lizard (Lacerta trilineata) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is the most widespread of the Balkans lizard species. It is found in Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Palestine, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Balkan green lizard”.