wall lizard

noun

1. a small mottled grey lizard, Lacerta muralis, of Europe, N Africa, and SW Asia: family Lacertidae

Example Sentences

One common reptile called the wall lizard uses a particularly clever tactic to sniff out fights it can win—literally.

From Scientific American

Some reptiles, such as the Italian wall lizard, also can learn from other species.

From New York Times

As he went down the wall, lizard fashion, I wished I had a gun or some lethal weapon, that I might destroy him; but I fear that no weapon wrought alone by man’s hand would have any effect on him.

From Literature

She was dissecting hundreds of common wall lizard embryos for a study and had never encountered this invader before—but soon she started finding them in more of the still unhatched reptiles' brains.

From Scientific American

A biologist is studying the Italian wall lizard, above, to learn how it’s adapted to a colder and more crowded environment.

From New York Times