Lacertidae

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Animalia Chordata Squamata Lacertidae
Spiny-tailed Lizard

Spiny-tailed Lizard

Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886)

Darevskia rudis is a common Lacertidae lizard species found across parts of the Caucasus and northern coastal Turkey.

Meadow Lizard

Meadow Lizard

Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834)

Darevskia praticola, the meadow lizard, is a Darevskia species found across parts of Europe and Western Asia.

River Kura Lizard

River Kura Lizard

Darevskia portschinskii (Kessler, 1878)

Darevskia portschinskii is an oviparous South Caucasus endemic lizard in the family Lacertidae with two recognized subspecies.

Derjugin's Lizard

Derjugin's Lizard

Darevskia derjugini (Nikolsky, 1898)

Darevskia derjugini is an oviparous Lacertidae lizard native to Southeast Europe and Western Asia.

Armenian Lizard

Armenian Lizard

Darevskia armeniaca (Méhely, 1909)

Darevskia armeniaca, the Armenian rock lizard, is a parthenogenetic wall lizard species native to the Armenian Highland.

Crimean Rock Lizard

Crimean Rock Lizard

Darevskia lindholmi (Szczerbak, 1962)

The Crimean rock lizard (Darevskia lindholmi) is an endemic Ukrainian lizard species in the genus Darevskia.

Brauner's Rock Lizard

Brauner's Rock Lizard

Darevskia brauneri (Méhely, 1909)

Brauner's rock lizard (Darevskia brauneri) is a Darevskia lizard species found in Georgia and Russia.

Caucasian lizard

Caucasian lizard

Darevskia caucasica (Méhely, 1909)

Darevskia caucasica is a Lacertidae lizard species found in the Caucasus Mountains of Georgia, southern Russia, and Azerbaijan.

Green-bellied Lizard

Green-bellied Lizard

Darevskia chlorogaster (Boulenger, 1908)

Darevskia chlorogaster, the greenbelly lizard, is a Darevskia species found in Azerbaijan and Iran.

Radde's Lizard

Radde's Lizard

Darevskia raddei (Boettger, 1892)

Darevskia raddei, the Azerbaijan lizard, is a Lacertidae lizard endemic to Eurasia with three subspecies found in southwest Asia.

Viviparous Lizard

Viviparous Lizard

Zootoca vivipara (Lichtenstein, 1823)

Zootoca vivipara is a widely distributed small Eurasian lizard with documented sexual dimorphism and color polymorphism tied to social and sexual cues.

North African Ocellated Lizard

North African Ocellated Lizard

Timon pater (Lataste, 1880)

Timon pater, the North African ocellated lizard, is an oviparous Lacertidae species endemic to Northwest Africa.

Ocellated Lizard

Ocellated Lizard

Timon lepidus (Daudin, 1802)

Timon lepidus is a large robust lizard native to southwestern Europe and northwestern Tunisia with distinct physical and behavioral traits.

Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard

Sierra Nevada Ocellated Lizard

Timon nevadensis (Buchholz, 1963)

Timon nevadensis, the Sierra Nevada lizard, is a Spain-endemic Lacertidae lizard sometimes considered an ocellated lizard subspecies.

Madeira Lizard

Madeira Lizard

Teira dugesii (Milne-Edwards, 1829)

Teira dugesii, the Madeiran wall lizard, is a variable-colored lizard found in a wide range of habitats on Madeira.

Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard

Oriental Long-tailed Grass Lizard

Takydromus sexlineatus Daudin, 1802

Takydromus sexlineatus, the long-tailed Asian grass lizard, is a diurnal arboreal species often kept as a pet, native to Southeast Asia.

Koshun Grass Lizard

Koshun Grass Lizard

Takydromus sauteri Van Denburgh, 1909

Takydromus sauteri is a green-backed lizard with a very long tail that lives in forests and near human settlements and is oviparous.

China Grass Lizard

China Grass Lizard

Takydromus septentrionalis Günther, 1864

Takydromus septentrionalis, the China grass lizard, is a Lacertidae lizard species endemic to China.

Kuhne's Grass Lizard

Kuhne's Grass Lizard

Takydromus kuehnei Van Denburgh, 1909

Takydromus kuehnei is a lizard species found in East and Southeast Asia that lives in forests and lays egg clutches.

Formosa Grass Lizard

Formosa Grass Lizard

Takydromus formosanus Boulenger, 1894

Takydromus formosanus (Formosa grass lizard) is a small diurnal lizard endemic to Taiwan, first described in 1894.

Amur Grass Lizard

Amur Grass Lizard

Takydromus amurensis Peters, 1881

The Amur grass lizard (Takydromus amurensis) is a Lacertidae species found in Russia, China, Korea, and Japan.

Green Grass Lizard

Green Grass Lizard

Takydromus smaragdinus Boulenger, 1887

Takydromus smaragdinus, the green grass lizard, is a Lacertidae lizard endemic to Japan's Ryukyu Islands.

Stejneger's Grass Lizard

Stejneger's Grass Lizard

Takydromus stejnegeri Van Denburgh, 1912

Takydromus stejnegeri is an oviparous lizard species that lives in grasslands and rocky areas up to 1000 m altitude.

Japanese Grass Lizard

Japanese Grass Lizard

Takydromus tachydromoides (Schlegel, 1838)

Takydromus tachydromoides, the Japanese grass lizard, is a wall lizard species native to Japan.

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