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Zootoca vivipara (European common lizard)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The viviparous lizard or common lizard, Zootoca vivipara (formerly Lacerta vivipara), is a Eurasian lizard. It lives farther north than any other species of non-avian reptile, and most populations are viviparous (giving birth to live young), rather than laying eggs as most other lizards do. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Zootoca.
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Infraspecies

Zootoca vivipara carniolica
Zootoca vivipara louislantzi (Viviparous Lizard) (Attributes)
Zootoca vivipara pannonica
Zootoca vivipara vivipara

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  4 grams
Female Weight [1]  5 grams
Female Maturity [1]  2 years 10 months
Male Maturity [1]  1 year 10 months
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial
Litter Size [1]  6
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  5 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Ovoviviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.362 inches (6 cm)

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan 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
♦ 2Meiri, 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
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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