Lacerta viridis

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 viridis
Subspecies (3): L. v. guentherpetersi – L. v. meridionalis – L. v. viridis

Name

Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768)

Holotype (icnotype): Seba Tom. II, Tab. CIII, fig. 4.
Type locality: unkown.

Combinations

Seps viridis Laurenti, 1768: 62 [original combination]
Lacerta viridis — Daudin, 1802: 144 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

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.
Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Rykena, S., Nettmann, H.K. & Mayer, W. 2001. Lacerta viridis guentherpetersi ssp. nov. eine neue Unterart der Smaragdeidechse aus Griechenland. Mertensiella 13: 89–97. Reference page.
Böhme, M.U., Fritz, U., Kotenko, T., Džukić, G., Ljubisavljević, K., Tzankov, N. & Berendonk, T.U. 2007. Phylogeography and cryptic variation within the Lacerta viridis complex (Lacertidae, Reptilia). Zoologica Scripta 36(2): 119–131. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2006.00262.x Reference page.
Sagonas, K., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Parmakelis, A., Pafilis, P. & Valakos, E.D. 2014. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (Lacerta) in Greece: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 76: 144–154. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.013 Reference page.
Marzahn, E., Mayer, W., Joger, U., Ilgaz, Ç., Jablonski, D., Kindler, C., Kumlutaş, Y., Nistri, A., Schneeweiss, N., Vamberger, M., Žagar, A. & Fritz, U. 2016. Phylogeography of the Lacerta viridis complex: mitochondrial and nuclear markers provide taxonomic insights. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 54(2): 85–105. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12115 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Lacerta viridis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 24 January 2019.
Isailovic, J.C., Vogrin, M., Corti, C., Pérez Mellado, V., Sá-Sousa, P., Cheylan, M., Pleguezuelos, J., Nettmann, H.K., Sterijovski, B., Lymberakis, P., Podloucky, R., Cogalniceanu, D. & Avci, A. 2009. IUCN: Lacerta viridis (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61530A12507156. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61530A12507156.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Smaragdeidechse
English: Eastern Green Lizard
español: Lagarto verde
magyar: Zöld gyík
italiano: Ramarro orientale
Türkçe: Yeşil Kertenkele