Lacerta

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 (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 austriacorum, 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 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.
Ineich, I., Doronin, I.V., Cheylan, M. & Campbell, P.D. 2019. Additional data on the herpetological collection of Louis Amédée Lantz (1886–1953), with emphasis on specimens in the Natural History Museum, London. Zootaxa 4638(1): 95–113. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4638.1.4 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. 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