Iberian emerald lizard

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Iberian emerald lizard
Iberian emerald lizard male on the back, female on the front
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Lacerta
Species:
L. schreiberi
Binomial name
Lacerta schreiberi
Bedriaga, 1878

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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Male lizard

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

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Lacerta schreiberi is found in Portugal and Spain.

Habitat

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Juvenile

The natural habitats of L. schreiberi are temperate forests and shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, and pastureland.

Conservation status

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Lacerta schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

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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

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Lacerta schreiberi is mainly insectivorous, though it also preys on small lizards like the iberian wall lizard or large psammodromus.[3]

Reproduction

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Lacerta schreiberi is oviparous.[4] Clutch size varies from 11 to 28 eggs.[3]

References

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  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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).
  3. ^ 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).
  4. ^ Species Lacerta schreiberi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

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  • 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).