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Basic information
Zootoca vivipara
Common Lizard
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilyWall lizards
GenusViviparous lizards
- Czech name
- Ještěrka živorodá
- English name
- Common Lizard
- Alternative names
- Ještěrka živorodá sachalinská, European common lizard, Lucertola vivipara, Viviparous Lizard, Waldeidechse, Zulzagalagch gurvel, Živorodna gušterica, Живородящая ящерица, 胎蜥
- Synonyms
- Lacerta crocea, Lacerta fragilis, Lacerta herseyi, Lacerta chrysogastra, Lacerta montana, Lacerta nigra, Lacerta oedura, Lacerta pyrrhogaster, Lacerta schreibersiana, Lacerta vivipara, Lacerta vivipara pannonica, Lacerta vivipara sachalinensis, Lacerta vivipara var. barabensis, Lacerta vivipara var. carniolica, Lacerta vivipara var. gedulyi, Lacerta vivipara var. melanogastra, Lacerta vivipara var. pallida, Lacerta vivipara vasconiae, Lacertus cinereus, Seps atra, Zootoca alpina, Zootoca montana
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Shrubland, Wetland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 77 mm
- Body mass
- max 10.7 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~0.21 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 19 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 12 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Ambush
- Body temperature
- 26.7–34.3 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 0.9–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Ovoviviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–16 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 5D7Q2 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 20112 · dryad-v5