Green lizards ( Lat. Lacerta ) - a genus of lizards from the family of these lizards .
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Large lizards: body size up to 70-160 mm. The back of adults often has a bright green background color, the belly is yellowish, and in young lizards it is white. There is sexual dimorphism in the coloring of the back.
Classification
The genus currently includes 9 species [1] [2] :
- Lacerta agilis - nimble (agile, common) lizard
- Lacerta bilineata - western green lizard
- Lacerta media - the average lizard [3] [4]
- Lacerta mostoufii
- Lacerta pamphylica
- Lacerta schreiberi - Iberian lizard
- Lacerta strigata - striped lizard
- Lacerta trilineata - three - line lizard
- Lacerta viridis - green lizard
The genus Lacerta is one of the “historical”, at different times more than 200 modern species were included in its structure [5] . During the second half of the 20th century, several new genera of true lizards were distinguished from this genus: Darevskia , Iberolacerta , Timon, and others.
Notes
- ↑ The Reptile Database: genus Lacerta (Eng.)
- ↑ Russian names are given according to Ananyev N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I. S. , Orlov N. L. Pyatiazychny dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., 1988. - pp. 225-227. - 10 500 copies - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- Ань Ananyeva N. B. , Orlov N. L. , Khalikov R. G. , Darevsky I. S. , Ryabov S. A. , Barabanov A. V. Atlas of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, geographical distribution and conservation status) . - SPb. : Zoological Institute RAS, 2004. - 232 p. - 1000 copies - ISBN 5-98092-007-2 .
- ↑ previously the name "middle lizard" was attributed to Lacerta trilineata
- ↑ Reptile Database: synonym: Lacerta (Eng.)
Literature
- Ananyeva N. B. , Orlov N. L. , Khalikov R. G. , Darevsky I. S. , Ryabov S. A. , Barabanov A. V. Atlas of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, geographical distribution and conservation status). - SPb. : Zoological Institute RAS, 2004. - 232 p. - 1000 copies - ISBN 5-98092-007-2 .
- Shimkevich V.M. The Green Lizard // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : 86 t. (82 t. And 4 extra.). - SPb. , 1890-1907.