#lacertidae

Zagrosian Lizard (Timon princeps), male, family Lacertidae, found in the Zagros mountains of Iran, SE Turkey, NE Syria and Northern Iraq

Digging is always easier with a shovel; it's good thing the shovel-snouted lizard is never without one! These lizards reside solely in the Namib Desert, and use their uniquely-shaped noses to help bury themselves in the sand, thus avoiding the worst of the heat during the day.

A male and female sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) bask on a tree in Purbek, Dorset, UK. This species is sexually dimorphic, with the pictured male being vibrant green, and the female being brown, grey, and black.

one of my most common local lizards, Psammodromus algirus likes to be really scared of everything and noisily escape through foliage. however, after a few weirdly rainy and cloudy days, this beast was so glad to finally get some sunlight that it didn't even care about my presence for at least a few seconds

Dwarf Lizard Parvilacerta parva

It is endemic to Anatolia and the south Caucasus. In Armenia, where it is present only as thirty-one isolated populations, the species is critically endangered.

Least Concern

🦎 Algerian Sand Racer - Psammodromus algirus