Iberian emerald lizard
| Iberian Emerald Lizard | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Lacerta |
| Species: | L. schreiberi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lacerta schreiberi Bedriaga, 1878 | |
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The Iberian emerald lizard or Schreiber's green lizard (Lacerta schreiberi ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.
Etymology
The specific name, schreiberi, is in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836–1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875).[1]
Geographic range
Lacerta schreiberi is found in Portugal and Spain.
Habitat
The natural habitats of L. schreiberi are temperate forests and shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, and pastureland.
Conservation status
L. schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.
Description
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
L. schreiberi is mainly insectivorous, though it also preys on small lizards like the iberian wall lizard or large psammodromus.[2]
References
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ http://aym.juntaex.es/NR/rdonlyres/42AE380F-4B16-4A2A-B9E3-CEBEBC478FF7/0/reptiles4.pdf pp156
Sources
- Sá-Sousa P, Marquez R, Pérez-Mellado V (2005). Lacerta schreiberi . 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
Further reading
- 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).