Taxonomy Profile: Lacertidae

Lacertidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Old World Runners []
Lacertid Lizards []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Lacertidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Reptilia
répteis |
reptiles |
Reptiles |
Order : Squamata
Amphisbaenians |
Lizards |
Snakes |
amphisbènes |
lézards |
serpents |
Suborder : Autarchoglossa
Family : Lacertidae
Old World Runners |
Lacertid Lizards |
Lacertidae Direct Children(s):
Acanthodactylus
(Fitzinger in Wiegmann 1834)
Lacerta
(Linnaeus 1758)
Podarcis
(Wagler 1830)
Takydromus
(Daudin 1802)
Adolfus
(Sternfeld 1912)
Algyroides
(Bibron and Bory de Saint-Vincent 1833)
Anatololacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Apathya
(Méhely 1907)
Archaeolacerta
(Mertens 1921)
Atlantolacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Australolacerta
(Arnold 1989)
Congolacerta
(Greenbaum Villaneuva Kusamba Aristote and Branch 2011)
Dalmatolacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Darevskia
(Arribas 1997)
Dinarolacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Eremias
(Fitzinger 1834)
Gallotia
(Boulenger 1916)
Gastropholis
(Fischer 1886)
Heliobolus
(Fitzinger 1843)
Hellenolacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Holaspis
(Gray 1863)
Iberolacerta
(Arribas 1997)
Ichnotropis
(Peters 1854)
Iranolacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Latastia
(Bedriaga 1884)
Meroles
(Gray 1838)
Mesalina
(Gray 1838)
Nucras
(Gray 1838)
Omanosaura
(Lutz Bischoff and Mayer 1986)
Ophisops
(Ménétriés 1832)
Parvilacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Pedioplanis
(Fitzinger 1843)
Philochortus
(Matschie 1893)
Phoenicolacerta
(Arnold Arribas and Carranza 2007)
Poromera
(Boulenger 1887)
Pseuderemias
(Boettger 1883)
Scelarcis
(Fitzinger 1843)
Teira
(Gray 1838)
Timon
(Tschudi 1836)
Tropidosaura
(Fitzinger 1826)
Vhembelacerta
(Edwards Herrel Vanhooydonck Measey Tolley and Branch 2013)
Zootoca
(Wagler 1830)
Psammodromus
(Fitzinger 1826)
Lacertidae: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Roy W. McDiarmid
Notes:
U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
Reference for:
Lacertidae
Expert:
Peter Uetz
Notes:
Associate Professor, CSBC
Reference for:
Lacertidae
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Lacertidae
Source:
Reptile Database (May 2021)
Acquired:
2021-05-28
Notes:
Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2021) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed 28 May 2021
Reference for:
Lacertidae
Publication(s):
Lacertidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Lacertidae: Comments