Facts about Common Wall Lizard

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   Common Wall Lizards can live up to 8 years in the wild, making them relatively long-lived compared to other small European reptiles of similar body size.

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   Clutches of Common Wall Lizards typically contain 2 to 10 eggs, which the females deposit in crevices or beneath rocks where temperature and humidity remain relatively stable during the 6 to 8 week incubation period.

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   Male Common Wall Lizards can survive falls from heights up to 3 meters by using their flattened bodies to reduce impact velocity during descent.

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   Temperatures exceeding 40 degrees Celsius can cause Common Wall Lizards to enter a state of torpor, where they remain immobile in shaded refuges for several hours to conserve energy.

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   Podarcis muralis females can reproduce asexually through parthenogenesis in some isolated populations, particularly in northern parts of their range where males are scarce.

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   Throughout their range across southern Europe, Common Wall Lizards display color variations with males typically exhibiting blue or green ventral patches during breeding season.

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