Lacerta media

Lacerta media

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

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: Lacerta media
Subspecies (5): L. m. ciliciensis – L. m. isaurica – L. m. israelica – L. m. media – L. m. wolterstorffi

Name

Lacerta media (Lantz & Cyrén, 1920)

• Lectotype: ZISP 12387 (collection of Lantz No 676 R), collected by L.A. Lantz on 30 May 1914. [designated by Doronin & Doronina (2019: 88)]
• Type locality: “proviennent de la vallée du Tchorokh, entre Batoum et Artvine, de Borjom, des environs de Tiflis, de diverses localités de la vallée de l'Araxe, et du Kourdistan persan, à l'ouest du lac d'Ourmiah”, restricted to “Tiflis [=Tbilisi]”, Georgia, by Mertens & Müller (1940: 441), in error fide Doronin & Doronina (2019: 88), designated by lectotype designation to “Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Borjomi, Kvabishevi river valley (=Kvabis-tshali, Kvabistskari), 41°47′12.1’’N, 43°14′20.6’’E, 1025 m a.s.l.” by Doronin & Doronina (2019: 88).

Combinations

• Lacerta viridis media Lantz & Cyrén, 1920: 33 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Lacerta media — Cyrén, 1933: 225 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Lacerta trilineata media — Müller, 1939: 12 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Lacerta media — Schmidtler, 1986: 132 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]

References

Primary references

• Lantz, L.A. & Cyrén, O. 1920. Notes sur les Lacerta viridis du Caucase (In French). Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 45: 33–37. BHL Reference page. 
• Cyrén, O. 1933. Lacertiden der Südöstlichen Balkanhal-binsel. Bulletin des Institutions royales d'histoire naturelle à Sofia 6: 219–240.
• Müller, L. 1939. Über die von den Herren Dr. V. Jordans und Dr. Wolf im Jahre 1938 in Bulgarien gesammelten Amphibien und Reptilien. Bulletin des Institutions royales d'histoire naturelle à Sofia 13: 1–17.
• Mertens, R. & Müller, L. 1940. Die Amphibien und Reptilien Europas (Zweite Liste, nach dem Stand vom 1. Januar 1940). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 451: 1–56. Reference page. 
• Schmidtler, J.F. 1986. Orientalische Smaragdeidechsen: 2. Über Systematik und Synökologie von Lacerta trilineata, L. media und L. pamphylica. Salamandra 22(2/3): 126–146.
• Doronin, I.V. & Doronina, M.A. 2019. Обзор типовых экземпляров Lacerta media Lantz et Cyrén, 1920 (Sauria: Lacertidae) (In Russian). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS 323(2): 85–92. DOI: 10.31610/trudyzin/2019.323.2.85 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ahmadzadeh, F., Flecks, M., Rödder, D., Böhme, W., Ilgaz, Ç., Harris, D.J., Engler, J.O., Üzüm, N. & Carretero, M.A. 2013. Multiple dispersal out of Anatolia: biogeography and evolution of oriental green lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 110(2): 398–408. DOI: 10.1111/bij.12129 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lacerta media. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 December 2018.
• Agasyan, A., Tuniyev, B., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N., Orlov, N., Lymberakis, P., Crochet, P.-A., Mousa Disi, A.M., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Werner, Y., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I. & Sevinç, M. 2009. IUCN: Lacerta media  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164749A5922769. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164749A5922769.en

Vernacular names

English: Three-lined Lizard
русский: Средняя ящерица

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