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Lacerta schreiberi (Iberian Emerald Lizard)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Iberian emerald lizard or Schreiber's green lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is found in Portugal and Spain. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss. A large species, it measures about 13.5 cm snout-to-vent, 38 cm including the tail. It is mainly insectivorous, though it also preys on small lizards like the iberian wall lizard or large psammodromus.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  21 grams
Female Weight [2]  30 grams
Gestation [2]  56 days
Litter Size [2]  14
Litters / Year [2]  1
Reproductive Mode [3]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [2]  4.724 inches (12 cm)
Speed [1]  4.004 MPH (1.79 m/s)
Habitat Substrate [3]  Terrestrial

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Cantabrian mixed forests Spain, Portugal Palearctic Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests
Iberian conifer forests Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Iberian sclerophyllous and semi-deciduous forests Spain, Portugal Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Northwest Iberian montane forests Portugal, Spain Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub
Southwest Iberian Mediterranean sclerophyllous and mixed forests Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Morocco Palearctic Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

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External References

Citations

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♦ 1Evolution of Sprint Speed in Lacertid Lizards: Morphological, Physiological and Behavioral Covariation, Dirk Bauwens, Theodore Garland, Jr., Aurora M. Castilla, Raoul Van Damme, Evolution, Volume 49, Issue 5 (Oct. 1995), 848-863
♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 3Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0