Lacerta Linnaeus 1758 (squamates)

Reptilia - Squamata - Lacertidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Lacertidae according to R. Estes 1983

See also Böhme 2008, Böhme 2010, Carroll 1988, Cernansky et al. 2015, d'Orbigny 1849, Frank and Ramus 1996, Hay 1930, Kotsakis 1977, Venczel and Stiuca 2008 and Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014

Sister taxa: Acanthodactylus, Algyroides, Amblyolacerta, Archaeolacerta, Cernaycerta, Cryptolacerta, Dormaalisaurus, Dracaenosaurus, Edlartetia, Eremias, Escampcerta, Gallotia, Gallotiinae, Gracilicerta, Mediolacerta, Miolacerta, Plesiolacerta, Podarcis, Psammodromus, Pseudeumeces, Quercycerta, Succinilacerta, Takydromus, Timon, Tropidosaura

Subtaxa: Lacerta agilis Lacerta filholi Lacerta lepida Lacerta poncenatensis Lacerta viridis

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Type: Lacerta agilis

Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Croatia (1), France (7), Georgia (1), Germany (5), Greece (5), Hungary (9), Israel (1), Italy (13), Malta (1), Monaco (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (6), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (11), the United Kingdom (6)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (3), Spain (1)

• Pliocene of Austria (2), France (1), Germany (1), Hungary (6), Italy (2), Moldova (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (3), Turkey (1), Ukraine (2)

• MN 13 of Ukraine (1)

• Miocene of Austria (8), the Czech Republic (3), France (2), Germany (13), Hungary (7), Italy (11), Moldova (2), Mongolia (2), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (1), Slovakia (1), Spain (1), Ukraine (2)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), France (8), Germany (2), Mongolia (7)

Total: 172 collections including 209 occurrences

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