Lacerta diplochondrodes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Lacertini
Genus: Lacerta
Species: Lacerta diplochondrodes
Subspecies (4): L. d. cariensis – L. d. diplochondrodes – L. d. dobrogica – L. d. galatiensis

Name

Lacerta diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952

• Syntypes: NMW 14903:1, ♂ and 14903:2, ♀, collected by Wettstein in 19 May 1935.
• Type locality: “Monolito, Insel Rhodos”.

Combinations

• Lacerta strigata diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952: 254 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Lacerta trilineata diplochondrodes — Mertens, 1959: 16 [subsequent combination]
• Lacerta diplochondrodes — Kornilios et al., 2020: 23 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

References

Primary references

• Wettstein, O. 1952. Dreizehn neue Reptilienrassen von den Ägäischen Inseln. Anzeiger der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften 89: 251–256.
• Kornilios, P., Thanou, E., Lymberakis, P., Ilgaz, Ç., Kumlutas, Y. & Leaché, A. 2020. A phylogenomic resolution for the taxonomy of Aegean green lizards. Zoologica Scripta 49(1): 14–27. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12385 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ahmadzadeh, F., Flecks, M., Carretero, M.A., Mozaffari, O., Böhme, W., Harris, D.J., Freitas, S. & Rödder, D. 2013. Cryptic speciation patterns in Iranian rock lizards uncovered by integrative taxonomy. PLoS ONE 8(12): e80563. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080563 Reference page. 
• Sagonas, K., Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Parmakelis, A., Pafilis, P. & Valakos, E.D. 2014. Molecular systematics and historical biogeography of the green lizards (Lacerta) in Greece: Insights from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 76: 144–154. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.03.013 Reference page. 
• Kornilios, P., Thanou, E., Lymberakis, P., Ilgaz, Ç., Kumlutas, Y. & Leaché, A. 2019. Genome‐wide markers untangle the green‐lizard radiation in the Aegean Sea and support a rare biogeographical pattern. Journal of Biogeography 46(3): 552–567. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13524 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Lacerta diplochondrodes. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 25 August 2020.

Vernacular names

• English: Anatolian Green Lizard