Algerian coast, high plateaus of Algeria and Morocco and southern parts of the eastern High Atlas. Introduced to the island of Menorca, the Habibas Islands and the island of Paloma in Algeria.

Subspecies:

Teira perspicillata perspicillata  (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)

Types:

Holotype: MNHN-RA 2749

Terra Typica:

`Algier`.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. (1839) -  Description Teira (Scalarcis) p. perspicillata. -  In: Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol.5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, p. 249.   

  • Perera, A. & Vasconcelos, R. & Harris, D.J. & Brown, R.P. & Carretero, M.A. & Pérez-Mellado, V. (2007) -  Complex patterns of morphological and mtDNA variation in Lacerta perspicillata (Reptilia; Lacertidae). -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 90 (3): 479–490.