The male has a larger head and a uniform green coloring punctuated with small spots that are more pronounced upon its back.

The female is more slender than the male and has a more uniform coloration, often displaying between two and four light bands bordered by black spots.

It is known from elevations up to 2,200 m (7,218 ft) above sea level and its typical habitat is dense bushy vegetation in open woodland, hedgerows, field margins, embankments and bramble thickets.

[4] The European green lizard lives on the ground and in low, dense vegetation and likes to bask in the sun, early and late in the day.

[4] Predators include red foxes, badgers, domestic cats, birds (such as buzzards, kestrels and crows) and snakes (such as adders).