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Two decades ago, a decision of the International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature was made to set aside the types of the southwest African sand lizard Pedioplanis undata (A. Smith, 1838) and to designate a neotype to maintain nomenclatural stability. Both the application and the subsequent decision were published in a short way in the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature without any pictorial documentation. To rectify this omission, and to make the decision of that time comprehensible, the relevant figures of the specimens involved are presented here.

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Common wall lizards (Podarcis muralis) have been found in several gabion structures on a former railway line between Oberhausen and Duisburg. The “populations” comprise only a few animals in each case, but reproduction was also detected at one site. In our empty landscapes, gabions now provide substitute habitats for lizards in many places – in place of former dry stone walls.

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Comments on the possible causes of observed green backs in wall lizards in Rhineland-Palatinate.

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Observations of lacertids and their habitats from two trips in 2006 and 2023 in the west and south of the Peloponnese peninsula are summarized. Greek Algyroides Algyroides moreoticus Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833, Greek Rock Lizard Hellenolacerta graeca (Bedriaga, 1886), Balkan Green Lizard Lacerta trilineata trilineata Bedriaga, 1886, Ionic Wall Lizard Podarcis ionicus (Lehrs, 1902) and Peloponnese Wall Lizard Podarcis peloponnesiacus (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) were found at various locations. In some cases, four of the mentioned species were found at one location at the same time.

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The finding of a wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) far north of its natural distribution is described.