Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Large Psammadromus

Psammadronus algirus

Description:

More colourful than the Iberian Wall lizard with its orange hind legs. Grows to 25 cm.

Habitat:

Loves sandy places with dense prickly bushes and plants. Hunts under them and also climbs them as it has protection from the spines with its large pointed scales.

Notes:

Often squeaks if handled, like geckoes. Common here in Portugal, also in Spain and parts of France.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

1 Comment

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Yes similar one also find in India. I will update if able to spot one of them. Thanks for sharing.

Algarve, Portugal

Spotted on Apr 20, 2011
Submitted on May 21, 2011

Nearby Spottings

Purple Viper's Bugloss Egyptian Grasshopper Hybrid Tea Rose Hippeastrum
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team