Lacerta(genus)

Lacerta; Temporal range:Miocene—Present,15–0Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	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; Linnaeus,1758
Species
	Nine, seetext.
	Modern range ofLacertaspecies:; L. agilis L. bilineata L. citrovittata L. diplochondrodes L. media L. pamphylica L. schreiberi L. strigata L. trilineata L. viridis

Lacertais agenusoflizardsof thefamily Lacertidae.

Taxonomy

Lacertawas a fairly diverse genus containing around 40 species, until it was split into ninegenerain 2007 byArnold,Arribas & Carranza.^[1]

Fossil record

The earliest known members of the genusLacertaare known from earlyMioceneepoch fossils indistinguishable in anatomy from the modern green lizards such asLacerta viridis.^[2]Some fossil species from the ice-agemediterranean,such asLacerta siculimelitensis,reached especially large sizes.^[3]

Species

The genusLacertacontains 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, Turkey,Israel,Jordan,Syria, LebanonandRussia
	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

Some species formerly inLacerta

Arranged Alpha betically byspecific 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^[5]
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^[6]
Dalmatolacerta oxycephala– sharp-snouted rock lizard
Parvilacerta parva– dwarf lizard^[7]
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 fromthe original(PDF)on 6 May 2021.Retrieved12 July2017.
^Čerňanský A. 2010. "Earliest world record of green lizards (Lacertilia, Lacertidae) from the Lower Miocene of Central Europe".Biologia65(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.Retrieved4 November2023.
^"Lacerta".The Reptile Database. reptile-database.org.
^Tuniyev, B.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S.; Anderson, S. (2017) [errata version of 2009 assessment]."Darevskia chlorogaster".IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.2009:e.T164702A114559582.doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164702A5919117.en.Retrieved16 January2020.
^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.Retrieved16 January2020.
^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.Retrieved16 January2020.