Lacerta Temporal range:
Miocene—Present,
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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. |
Lacerta is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae.
Lacerta was a fairly diverse genus containing around 40 species, until it was split into nine genera in 2007 by Arnold, Arribas & Carranza. [1]
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. [2] Some fossil species from the ice-age mediterranean, such as Lacerta siculimelitensis, reached especially large sizes. [3]
The genus Lacerta contains the following species. [4]
Image | Name | Distribution |
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Lacerta agilis – sand lizard | ||
Lacerta bilineata – western green lizard | ||
Lacerta citrovittata – Tinos green lizard | Greece | |
Lacerta diplochondrodes – Rhodos green lizard | Greece | |
Lacerta media | Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, | |
Lacerta pamphylica | Turkey | |
Lacerta schreiberi – Iberian emerald lizard | ||
Lacerta strigata – Caucasus emerald lizard | Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Turkmenistan, Turkey and Iran | |
Lacerta trilineata – Balkan green lizard | ||
Lacerta viridis – European green lizard |
Arranged alphabetically by specific name:
Lacerta Temporal range:
Miocene—Present,
| |
---|---|
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. |
Lacerta is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae.
Lacerta was a fairly diverse genus containing around 40 species, until it was split into nine genera in 2007 by Arnold, Arribas & Carranza. [1]
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. [2] Some fossil species from the ice-age mediterranean, such as Lacerta siculimelitensis, reached especially large sizes. [3]
The genus Lacerta contains the following species. [4]
Image | Name | Distribution |
---|---|---|
Lacerta agilis – sand lizard | ||
Lacerta bilineata – western green lizard | ||
Lacerta citrovittata – Tinos green lizard | Greece | |
Lacerta diplochondrodes – Rhodos green lizard | Greece | |
Lacerta media | Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, | |
Lacerta pamphylica | Turkey | |
Lacerta schreiberi – Iberian emerald lizard | ||
Lacerta strigata – Caucasus emerald lizard | Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Turkmenistan, Turkey and Iran | |
Lacerta trilineata – Balkan green lizard | ||
Lacerta viridis – European green lizard |
Arranged alphabetically by specific name: