Common Wall Lizard Juvenile
Podarcis muralis (juvenile)
Juveniles range more boldly over sunlit walls, rock piles, gardens, and railway embankments, but still stay close to crevices where they can vanish quickly. They hunt small flies, ants, spiders, and other invertebrates with rapid lunges. Young wall lizards are often slimmer and less strongly marked than adults, and they spend much of the day alternating between basking and short bursts of foraging. A notable defense is tail autotomy, dropping the tail to distract a predator while escaping.
- Type
- Swift
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Common Wall Lizard Hatchling
- Common Wall Lizard Juvenile
- Common Wall Lizard