Male Lacerta agilis , Germany.
All species are terrestrial.
European and Mediterranean species live mainly in forest and scrub habitats. Eastward Eremias and Ophisops replace them in the grassland and desert habitats of Asia. African species usually live in rocky, arid areas. Aporosaura is one of the few Wall lizards that regularly eats seeds, not an unlikely food for a lizard of the harsh Namib Desert. Click on genus to get a list of species.