Lacerta (genus)

Lacerta
Temporal range: Miocene—Present, 15–0 Ma
Lacerta agilis female 2013 G1.jpg
Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis)
Scientific classification
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.

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.

Species

The genus Lacerta contains the following species.

Image Name Distribution
Lacerta agilis male 2014 G1.jpg Lacerta agilis sand lizard LacertaAgilisIUCN.svg
Lacerta bilineata (Western green lizard) (33507592133).jpg Lacerta bilineata western green lizard Mapa Lacerta bilineata.png
Lacerta citrovittata Tinos green lizard Greece
Lacerta diplochondrodes Rhodos green lizard Greece
Lacerta media..jpg Lacerta media Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran,

Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and Russia

Lacerta pamphylica Turkey
Lacerta schreiberi 02 by-dpc.jpg Lacerta schreiberi Iberian emerald lizard Mapa Lacerta schreiberi.png
Lacerta strigata Caucasus emerald lizard Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan,

Turkmenistan, Turkey and Iran

Η όμορφη μας (Lacerta trilineata).jpg Lacerta trilineata Balkan green lizard Lacerta trilineata.png
Lacerta viridis - male 01.JPG Lacerta viridis – European green lizard Distribution of Lacerta bilineata and Lacerta viridis.png

Some species formerly in Lacerta

Arranged alphabetically by specific name:



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