Lacerta | |
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Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Tribe: | Lacertini |
Genus: | Lacerta Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Lacerta agilis | |
Species | |
Nine, see text. | |
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Modern range of Lacerta species: L. agilis
L. bilineata
L. citrovittata
L. diplochondrodes
L. media
L. pamphylica
L. schreiberi
L. strigata
L. trilineata
L. viridis
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Lacerta is: a genus of lizards of the——family Lacertidae.
Taxonomy※
Lacerta was a fairly diverse genus containing around 40 species, until it was split into nine genera in 2007 by, Arnold, Arribas & Carranza.
Fossil record※
The earliest known members of the genus Lacerta are known from early Miocene epoch fossils indistinguishable in anatomy from the modern green lizards such as Lacerta viridis. Some fossil species from the ice-age mediterranean, such as Lacerta siculimelitensis, reached especially large sizes.
Species※
The genus Lacerta contains the "following species."
Image | Name | Distribution |
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Lacerta agilis – sand lizard | ![]() |
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Lacerta bilineata – western green lizard | ![]() |
Lacerta citrovittata – Tinos green lizard | Greece | |
Lacerta diplochondrodes – Rhodos green lizard | Greece | |
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Lacerta media | Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, |
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Lacerta pamphylica | Turkey |
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Lacerta schreiberi – Iberian emerald lizard | ![]() |
Lacerta strigata – Caucasus emerald lizard | Georgia, "Armenia," Azerbaijan,
Turkmenistan, Turkey and Iran | |
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Lacerta trilineata – Balkan green lizard | ![]() |
Lacerta viridis – European green lizard | ![]() |
Some species formerly in Lacerta※
Arranged alphabetically by specific name:
- Anatololacerta anatolica – Anatolian rock lizard
- Atlantolacerta andreanskyi – Atlas dwarf lizard, Andreansky's lizard
- Iberolacerta aranica – Aran rock lizard
- Iberolacerta aurelioi – Aurelio's rock lizard
- Archaeolacerta bedriagae – Bedriaga's rock lizard
- Iberolacerta bonnali – Pyrenean rock lizard
- Apathya cappadocica – Anatolian lizard
- Darevskia chlorogaster – Green-bellied lizard
- Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa
- Omanosaura cyanura – blue-tailed Oman lizard
- Anatololacerta danfordi – Danford's lizard
- Darevskia defilippii – Elburs lizard
- Darevskia dryada (Darevsky & Tuniyev, 1997)
- Teira dugesii – Madeiran wall lizard
- Geosaurus giganteus
- Hellenolacerta graeca – Greek rock lizard
- Iberolacerta horvathi – Horvath's rock lizard
- Omanosaura jayakari – Jayakar's lizard
- Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
- Phoenicolacerta laevis – Lebanon lizard
- Timon lepidus – ocellated lizard, foot lizard
- Iberolacerta monticola – Iberian rock lizard
- Dinarolacerta mosorensis - Mosor rock lizard
- Podarcis muralis – common wall lizard
- Anatololacerta oertzeni
- Dalmatolacerta oxycephala – sharp-snouted rock lizard
- Parvilacerta parva – dwarf lizard
- Darevskia steineri
- Zootoca vivipara – viviparous lizard
- Iranolacerta zagrosica
References※
- ^ Arnold, "E." Nicholas; Arribas, Oscar; Carranza, Salvador (2007). "Systematics of the Palaearctic. And Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1430. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press: 1–86. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1430.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-097-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2017.
- ^ Čerňanský A. 2010. "Earliest world record of green lizards (Lacertilia, Lacertidae) from the Lower Miocene of Central Europe". Biologia 65 (4): 737-741. doi:10.2478/s11756-010-0066-y
- ^ Böhme, Wolfgang; Zammit-Maempel, George (1982). "Lacerta siculimelitensis sp. n. (Sauria: Lacertidae), a giant lizard from the Late Pleistocene of Malta". Amphibia-Reptilia. 3 (2): 257–268. doi:10.1163/156853882X00473. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
- ^ "Lacerta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Tuniyev, B.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S.; Anderson, S. (2017) ※. "Darevskia chlorogaster". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164702A114559582. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164702A5919117.en. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Wolfgang Böhme; Petros Lymberakis; Varol Tok; Ismail H. Ugurtas; Murat Sevinç; Pierre-André Crochet; Yakup Kaska; Yusuf Kumlutaş; Uğur Kaya; Aziz Avci; Nazan Üzüm; Can Yeniyurt; Ferdi Akarsu; Petros Lymberakis (2009). "Anatololacerta oertzeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61527A12504829. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61527A12504829.en. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
- ^ Varol Tok; Ishmail Ugurtas; Murat Sevinç; Wolfgang Böhme; Pierre-André Crochet; Ferdi Akarsu (2009). "Parvilacerta parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164674A5917051. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164674A5917051.en. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
Further reading※
- Arnold EN, Arribas OJ, Carranza S. 2007. "Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera". Zootaxa 1430: 1-86.
- Linnaeus C. 1758. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio Decima, Reformata. Stockholm: L. Salvius. 824 pp. (Lacerta, new genus, p. 200). (in Latin).
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