# Podarcis sicula rb

- By: Richard Bartz
- Date: 2009-06-05
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Podarcis_sicula_rb.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Podarcis_sicula_rb.jpg/1920px-Podarcis_sicula_rb.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

The Italian Wall Lizard or Ruin Lizard (Podarcis sicula) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. P. sicula is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States. P. sicula belongs to the Squamata family of lizards and it is the most abundant lizard species in southern Italy.