Iberian emerald lizard
| Iberian emerald lizard | |
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| Iberian emerald lizard male on the back, female on the front | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Lacerta |
| Species: | L. schreiberi
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| Lacerta schreiberi Bedriaga, 1878
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The Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi), also known commonly as Schreiber's green lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.[1]
Etymology
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The specific name, schreiberi, is in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836–1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875).[2]
It is known as Lagarto-de-água (water lizard) in Portuguese and lagarto verdinegro (green and black lizard) in Spanish.
Geographic range
[edit]Lacerta schreiberi is found in Portugal and Spain.
Habitat
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The natural habitats of L. schreiberi are temperate forests and shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, and pastureland.
Conservation status
[edit]Lacerta schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.
Description
[edit]A large species, L. schreiberi measures about 13.5 cm (5.3 in) snout-to-vent (SVL); including the tail, it measures about 38 cm (15 in).
Diet
[edit]Lacerta schreiberi is mainly insectivorous, though it also preys on small lizards like the iberian wall lizard or large psammodromus.[3]
Reproduction
[edit]Lacerta schreiberi is oviparous.[4] Clutch size varies from 11 to 28 eggs.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Paulo Sá-Sousa, Rafael Marquez, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Lacerta schreiberi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T11113A3251580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T11113A3251580.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lacerta schreiberi, p. 238).
- ^ a b "Lacerta schreiberi . pp. 156-157. In: Catálogo Regional de Especies Amenazadas by Juan Pablo Prieto Clemente" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26. (in Spanish).
- ^ Species Lacerta schreiberi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
Further reading
[edit]- Arnold EN, Burton JA (1978). A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. London: Collins. 272 pp. Plates 1-40. ISBN 0-00-219318-3. (Lacerta schreiberi, p. 131 Plate 20, figures 2a & 2b; Plate 22, figure 2 Map 66).
- Bedriaga J (1878). "Herpetologische Studien ". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 44 (1): 259–320. (Lacerta schreiberi, new species, pp. 299–303 Plate X, figures 3 & 4). (in German and Latin).
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