Lacerta (genus)
A genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae.
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Lacerta is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae.
Scientific classification
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassReptilia
- OrderSquamata
- FamilyLacertidae
- GenusLacerta
Named by Linnaeus, 1758
Sources: Wikipedia taxobox: Lacerta (genus) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Lore & Background
The lizard genus Lacerta once included roughly 40 species, but in 2007 it was divided into nine separate genera. Its earliest fossils, from the early Miocene, look identical to modern green lizards like Lacerta viridis. During the ice age, some Mediterranean species, including the notably large Lacerta siculimelitensis, grew to exceptional sizes.
Reader's Guide
The genus Lacerta contains the following species. Some species formerly in Lacerta are arranged alphabetically by specific name: Anatololacerta anatolica, Atlantolacerta andreanskyi, Iberolacerta aranica, Iberolacerta aurelioi, Archaeolacerta bedriagae, Iberolacerta bonnali, Apathya cappadocica, Darevskia chlorogaster, Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa, Omanosaura cyanura, Anatololacerta danfordi, Darevskia defilippii, Darevskia dryada, Teira dugesii, Geosaurus giganteus, Hellenolacerta graeca, Iberolacerta horvathi, Omanosaura jayakari, Phoenicolacerta kulzeri, Phoenicolacerta laevis, Timon lepidus, Iberolacerta monticola, Dinarolacerta mosorensis, Podarcis muralis, Anatololacerta oertzeni, Dalmatolacerta oxycephala, Parvilacerta parva, Darevskia steineri, Zootoca vivipara, Iranolacerta zagrosica.
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Sources
Compiled from Wikipedia and the sources listed below. Text from Wikipedia is available under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is adapted from it.
- Wikipedia: Lacerta (genus) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Word definitions: the Codexery glossary, each quoted from its Wikipedia article.
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