Viviparous Lizard is widespread in most of Europe and most of northern Asia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The countries of occurrence are Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China (northeast), Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Viviparous Lizard is common in most of its range. Local declines are recorded in Italy, the Netherlands, United Kingdom etc. The current global population trend is unclear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main threat is habitat loss mainly due to agricultural intensification and urbanization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Conservation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25a0 Listed in Appendix III of the Bern Convention<\/strong> on the Conservation of European Wildlife and Natural Habitats as a protected fauna species.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Taxonomy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u25a0 Phylum Chordata \u2013 chordates
\u25a0 Class Reptilia \u2013 reptiles
\u25a0 Order Squamata \u2013 scaled reptiles
\u25a0 Family Lacertidae \u2013 wall lizards
\u25a0 Species Zootoca vivipara<\/em> \u2013 Viviparous Lizard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4099,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false},"animal-category":[35,36],"animal-filter-1":[],"animal-filter-2":[],"class_list":["post-8144","animal","type-animal","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n