Nomenclature
| Common name: | common lizard |  | ||
| Taxonomy: | Zootoca vivipara (Jacquin, 1787) (Previously Lacerta vivipara) | |||
| Other Names: | Viviparous lizard Madfall (Welsh) Furze Evvet (New Forest local name) Nimble lizard (19th C) Swift (Cheshire archaic) Harriman (Shropshire archaic) |