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Lacertidae

Synonyms: Lacertinidae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The group includes the genus Lacerta, which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard species in Europe. It is a diverse family with hundreds of species in 39 genera.
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Genus

Acanthodactylus (Fringe-fingered Lizards) (46)   (7)
Adolfus (Lizard) (6)
Algyroides (Keeled lizard) (4)   (1)
Amblyolacerta (1)
Anatololacerta (5)
Apathya (2)
Archaeolacerta (1)
Atlantolacerta (1)
Australolacerta (1)
Cernaycerta (1)
Congolacerta (2)   (1)
Cryptolacerta (1)
Dalmatolacerta (1)
Darevskia (33)   (6)
Dinarolacerta (2)
Dormaalisaurus (2)
Dracaenosaurus (1)
Edlartetia (1)
Eremias (Lizard) (44)   (1)
Escampcerta (1)
Gallotia (Lizard) (9)   (3)
Gastropholis (4)
Gracilicerta (1)
Heliobolus (4)
Hellenolacerta (1)
Holaspis (2)
Iberolacerta (8)   (4)
Ichnotropis (Lizard) (6)   (1)
Iranolacerta (2)
Janosikia (1)
Lacerta (24)
Latastia (Lizard) (11)
Mediolacerta (1)
Meroles (Sand lizard) (8)
Mesalina (Sand lizard) (20)
Miolacerta (1)
Nucras (Lizard) (13)
Omanosaura (2)
Ophisops (Lizard) (11)   (1)
Parvilacerta (2)   (1)
Pedioplanis (17)
Philochortus (Lizard) (7)   (1)
Phoenicolacerta (4)   (1)
Plesiolacerta (2)
Podarcis (wall lizards) (27)   (4)
Poromera (Lizard) (1)
Psammodromus (Lizard) (6)   (1)
Pseuderemias (7)
Pseudeumeces (2)
Quercycerta (1)
Scelarcis (1)
Succinilacerta (1)
Takydromus (Lizard) (24)   (3)
Teira (1)
Timon (6)
Tropidosaura (Lizard) (5)
Vhembelacerta (1)
Zootoca (1)

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External References

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