Lacerta

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Lacerta
Species (10): L. agilis – L. bilineata – L. citrovittata – L. diplochondrodes – L. media – L. pamphylica – L. schreiberi – L. strigata – L. trilineata – L. viridis

Name

Lacerta Linnaeus, 1758: 200 [conserved name]

Type species: Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Fitzinger (1843: 20).
Gender: feminine.
Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 92 (1926: 3) and Direction 56 (1956: 356).

Synonyms

Seps Laurenti, 1768: 58 [synonymized by Stejneger (1936: 138)]
Type species: Seps caerulescens Laurenti, 1768, by subsequent designation by Stejneger (1936: 136).

References
Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page.
Laurenti, J.N. 1768. Specimen medicum, exhibens synopsin reptilium emendatam cum experimentis circa venena et antidota reptilium austracorum, quod authoritate et consensu (In Latin). Joan Thomae: Vienna. 217 pp. BHL Reference page.
Fitzinger, L. 1843. Systema Reptilium. Fasciculus primus. Amblyglossae. Braumüller et Seidel: Wien. vi + 106 pp. BHL Reference page.
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1926. Opinion 92. Sixteen generic names of Pisces, Amphibia, and Reptilia placed in the Official List of Generic Names. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 73(4): 3–4. BHL Reference page.
Stejneger, L.H. 1936. Types of the Amphibian and Reptilian Genera Proposed by Laurenti in 1768. Copeia 1936(3): 133–141. JSTOR
International Commisision on Zoological Nomenclature 1956. Direction 56. Completion and in certain cases correction of entries relating to the names of genera belonging to the classers Pisces, Amphibia and Reptilia made in the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology in the period up to the end of 1936. Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1D(17): 337–364. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Godinho, R., Crespo, E.G., Ferrand, N. & Harris, D.J. 2005. Phylogeny and evolution of the Green Lizards, Lacerta spp. (Squamata: Lacertidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Amphibia-Reptilia 26(3): 271–285. DOI: 10.1163/156853805774408667 Paywall Reference page.
Arnold, E.N., Arribas, O. & 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. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Lacerta . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2020.

Vernacular names
български: Гущери
Deutsch: Eurasische Grüne Eidechsen
English: Eurasian Green Lizards
euskara: Gardatxo
հայերեն: Մողես
日本語: コモチカナヘビ属
kurdî: Marmarok
lietuvių: Tikrieji driežai
македонски: Гуштери
Nederlands: Halsbandhagedissen
русский: Зелёные ящерицы
svenska: Halsbandsödlor
українська: Ящірка
Tiếng Việt: Chi Thằn lằn

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.[1]
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.[2]
Species

The genus Lacerta contains the following species.[3]

Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758 – sand lizard
Lacerta bilineata Daudin, 1802 – western green lizard
Lacerta citrovittata Werner, 1938 – Tinos green lizard
Lacerta diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952 – Rhodos green lizard
Lacerta media Lantz & Cyrén, 1920
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
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[4]
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
Hellenolacerta graeca – Greek rock lizard
(Lacerta herseyi = Zootoca vivipara)
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[5]
Dalmatolacerta oxycephala – sharp-snouted rock lizard
Parvilacerta parva – dwarf lizard[6]
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. Auckland, New Zealand: Magnolia Press. 1430: 1–86. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1430.1.1. ISBN 978-1-86977-097-6. 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
"Lacerta ". The Reptile Database. www.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. 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.