Systematic overview of European Lacertid Lizards
Our photo documentation presents the currently 66 European Lacertid lizard species - including all Greek Islands, without Russia & Ukraine (see below). The species list is structured by systematic criteria (genetic relationship / genus)*. Click on the links below for the species portraits:
Psammodromus - Sand Racers
Psammodromus algirus - Large Psammodromus
Psammodromus edwarsianus - Edwards' Psammodromus
Psammodromus hispanicus - Spanish Psammodromus
Psammodromus occidentalis - Western Psammodromus
Eremias - Racerunners
Acanthodactylus - Fringe-fingered Lizards
Ophisops - Snake-Eyed Lacertids
Zootoca - Viviparous Lizards
Teira - A genus of North African / Madeiran Lizards
Podarcis - Wall Lizards
Podarcis muralis - Common Wall Lizard
Podarcis liolepis - Catalonian Wall Lizard
Podarcis hispanicus - Spanish Wall Lizard
Podarcis vaucheri - Vaucher's Wall Lizard
Podarcis virescens - Geniez' Wall Lizard
Podarcis carbonelli - Carbonell's Wall Lizard
Podarcis guadarramae - Guadarrama Wall Lizard
Podarcis lusitanicus - "Lusitanian Wall Lizard"
Podarcis bocagei - Bocage's Wall Lizard
Podarcis siculus - Italian Wall Lizard
Podarcis waglerianus - Sicilian Wall Lizard
Podarcis raffonei - Aeolian Wall Lizard
Podarcis erhardii - Erhard's Wall Lizard
Podarcis peloponnesiacus - Peloponnese Wall Lizard
Podarcis thais - Eastern Peloponnese Wall Lizard
Podarcis levendis - Pori Wall Lizard
Podarcis cretensis - Cretan Wall Lizard
Podarcis filfolensis - Maltese Wall Lizard
Podarcis melisellensis - Dalmatian Wall Lizard
Podarcis tauricus - Balkan Wall Lizard
Podarcis ionicus - Ionian Wall Lizard
Podarcis gaigeae - Skyros Wall Lizard
Podarcis milensis - Milos Wall Lizard
Podarcis pityusensis - Ibiza Wall Lizard
Podarcis lilfordi - Lilford's Wall Lizard
Podarcis tiliguerta - Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard
Lacerta - Green Lizards
Lacerta agilis - Sand Lizard
Lacerta schreiberi - Schreiber's Green Lizard
Lacerta bilineata - Western Green Lizard
Lacerta viridis - Eastern Green Lizard
Lacerta trilineata - Balkan Green Lizard
Lacerta citrovittata - Cyclades Giant Green Lizard
Lacerta diplochondrodes - East-Aegean Giant Emerald Lizard
Timon - Ocellated Lizards
Anatololacerta - A genus of Anatolian Rock Lizards
Anatololacerta anatolica - Anatolian Rock Lizard
Anatololacerta pelasgiana - Pelasgian Rock Lizard
Anatololacerta finikensis - Finike Rock Lizard
Algyroides - Keeled Lizards
Algyroides marchi - Spanish Algyroides
Algyroides fitzingeri - Pygmy Algyroides
Algyroides nigropunctatus - Dalmatian Algyroides
Algyroides moreoticus - Greek Algyroides
Dinarolacerta - A genus of Rock Lizards
Darevskia - A genus of mainly Caucasian Lizards
Iberolacerta - A genus of mainly Iberian Rock Lizards
Iberolacerta monticola - Western Iberian Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta galani - Galan's Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta martinezricai - Peña de Francia Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta cyreni - Cyren's Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta bonnali - Pyrenean Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta aranica - Aran Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta aurelioi - Aurelio's Rock Lizard
Iberolacerta horvathi - Horvath's Rock Lizard
Archaeolacerta - A genus of Thyrrenian Rock Lizards
Hellenolacerta - A genus of Greek Rock Lizards
Dalmatolacerta - A genus of Dalmatian Rock Lizards
The area covered by this documentation lacks the European part of Russia (including the Northern Caucasus area) and Ukraine. Although, from a biological perspective, these areas belong to Europe. Hence, some species are missing in our documentation for the reason that we simply didn't have the opportunity to visit these countries, so far.
For the sake of completeness, the missing species will at least be mentioned, subsequently:
1. Eremias velox
2. Lacerta media
3. Lacerta strigata
4. Darevskia alpina
5. Darevskia armeniaca
6. Darevskia brauneri
7. Darevskia caucasica
8. Darevskia daghestanica
9. Darevskia dahli
10. Darevskia derjugini
11. Darevskia lindholmi
12. Darevskia rudis
13. Darevskia saxicola
14. Darevskia szczerbaki
As species splits frequently occur in the genus Darevskia, this list may get even longer in course of time.
* The structure of the genera is based on PYRON, 2013 (modified): PYRON et al. BMC Evolutionary Biology 2013, 13:93, http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/93. Note that the structure we chose is just preliminary, as insights into the phylogenic structrue of the Lacertidae are still incomplete. The phylogeny of the genus Podarcis is taken from: Senczuk, G. & Castiglia, R. & Böhme, W. & Corti, C. (2019) - Podarcis siculus latastei (Bedriaga, 1879) of the western Pontine islands (Italy) raised to the species rank, and a brief taxonomic overview of Podarcis lizards. - Acta Herpetologica, 14. doi: 10.13128/Acta_Herpetol-25159.
