Two Faced Neusticurus

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]

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
• 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

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