Lacerta (genus)

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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.

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. Some fossil species from the ice-age mediterranean, such as Lacerta siculimelitensis, reached especially large sizes.

Species

The genus Lacerta contains the following species.

Some species formerly in Lacerta

Arranged alphabetically by specific name:

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