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Lacerta is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of
lizardLizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with nearly 3800 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica as well as most oceanic island chains...
s of the family
LacertidaeLacertidae is the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The group includes the genus Lacerta, which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard species in Europe...
. It is fairly diverse containing around 40 species.
Classification
Genus Lacerta
- Sand lizard
The sand lizard is a lacertid lizard distributed across most of Europe and eastwards to Mongolia. It does not occur in the Iberian peninsula or European Turkey. Its distribution is often patchy....
(Lacerta agilis)
- Anatolian Rock Lizard (Lacerta anatolica)
- Andreansky's lizard (Lacerta andreanskyi)
- Aran rock lizard
The Aran Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is found in France and Spain.Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, rocky areas, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(Lacerta aranica)
- Aurelio's rock lizard
Aurelio's Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is found in Andorra, France, and Spain.Its natural habitats are temperate grassland, rocky areas, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
(Lacerta aurelioi)
- Bedriaga's Rock Lizard
The Bedriaga's Rock Lizard, Archaeolacerta bedriagae, is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Archaeolacerta....
(Lacerta bedriagae)
- Western green lizard
The Western Green Lizard is a member of the Lacertidae family.It is found in Andorra, Austria, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Monaco, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, in Jersey in the British Isles, and the United States....
(Lacerta bilineata)
- Pyrenean rock lizard
The Pyrenean Rock Lizard is a lizard species in the family Lacertidae. The Aran Rock Lizard was initially included here as subspecies aranica, but is nowadays considered a distinct species....
(Lacerta bonnali)
- Lacerta brandtii
- Anatolian lizard (Lacerta cappadocica)
- Greenbelly lizard (Lacerta chlorogaster)
- Lacerta cyanisparsa
Lacerta cyanisparsa is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Syria and Turkey.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, arable land, and pastureland.-References:...
- Omman's lizard (Lacerta cyanura)
- Danford's lizard (Lacerta danfordi)
- Elburs lizard (Lacerta defilippii)
- Lacerta dryada
- Madeiran Wall Lizard (Lacerta dugesii)
- Fraas' Lizard
The Fraas' Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Lebanon and possibly Syria.Its natural habitat is rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
(Lacerta fraasii)
- Greek Rock Lizard
The Greek Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is endemic to Greece.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, and pastureland....
(Lacerta graeca)
- Lacerta herseyi
- Horvath's Rock Lizard
The Horvath's Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It was classified in the same genus as the morphologically similar sand lizard until recently....
(Lacerta horvathi)
- Jayakar lizard (Lacerta jayakari)
- Lacerta kulzeri
Lacerta kulzeri is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.Its natural habitat is rocky areas.It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...
- Lebanon lizard (Lacerta laevis)
- Foot lizard (Lacerta lepida) or Ocellated Lizard
- Lacerta media
- Iberian Rock Lizard
The Iberian Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Portugal and Spain....
(Lacerta monticola)
- Mosor rock lizard
The Mosor Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia and Montenegro. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, temperate shrubland, and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:*...
(Lacerta mosorensis)
- Lacerta muralis studied by Raphael Weldon in Naples
- Lacerta oertzeni
Lacerta oertzeni is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Greece and Turkey.Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, rocky shores, pastureland, plantations , and rural gardens.-References:...
- Sharp-snouted rock lizard
The Sharp-snouted Rock Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, and possibly Albania....
(Lacerta oxycephala)
- Lacerta pamphylica
- Dwarf lizard (Lacerta parva)
- Iberian Emerald Lizard
The Iberian Emerald Lizard or Schreiber's Green Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Portugal and Spain....
(Lacerta schreiberi)
- Lacerta steineri
- Caucusus emerald lizard (Lacerta strigata)
- Balkan emerald lizard
The Balkan Green Lizard is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family.It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey....
(Lacerta trilineata)
- European green lizard
The European Green Lizard is a large lizard distributed across mid European latitudes from the north of the Iberian peninsula to as far east as Ukraine. It is often to be seen sunning itself on rocks or lawns, or sheltering amongst bushes.- Description :The lizard reaches up to 13 cm in length...
(Lacerta viridis)
- Viviparous lizard
The viviparous lizard or common lizard is a Eurasian lizard. It lives farther north than any other reptile species, and most populations are viviparous , rather than laying eggs as most other lizards do.-Identification:The length of the body is less than...
(Lacerta vivipara) new/alternative name: (Zootoca vivipara)
- Lacerta zagrosica