Lacerta (genus)

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.

Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758 – sand lizard

Lacerta bilineata Daudin, 1802 – western green lizard

Lacerta media Lantz & Cyrén, 1920

Lacerta mosoufi Baloutch, 1976

Lacerta pamphylica Schmidtler, 1975

Lacerta schreiberi Bedriaga, 1878 – Iberian emerald lizard

Lacerta strigata Eichwald, 1831 – Caucasus emerald lizard

Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga, 1886 - Balkan green lizard, Balkan emerald lizard

Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768) – European green lizard

Some species formerly in Lacerta

Arranged alphabetically by specific name:

Anatololacerta anatolica – Anatolian rock lizard

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