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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
This page provides a quick overview of changes and new entries in recent weeks. In particular regular visitors can go directly to the newest content without having to browse through known pages. The listing of new entries is chronological. The last 2 months are shown.
Chang, Y.-M. & Juang, M.-H. & Sung, S.M. & Huang, Y.-S. & Lan, H.-W. &Yang, Z.Y. & Cheng, .-H. & Wu, J.-Y. & Wang, C.-W. (2018) -
Calari, L. (1879) -
Wong, S.-W. & Chen, H.-L. (2020) -
Wang, Y. & Keller, A. (1994) -
Malonza, P.K. & Bwong, B.A. (2023) -
2 new pictures of Lacerta viridis viridis (LAURENTI, 1768) from Croatia. (wild)
Zhao, E. & Zhao, K. & Zhou, K. (1999) -
Cirer, A.M. & Berg, M.P. van den
Estimation of lizard density in Podarcis pityusensis island populations over time, with special attention to the correct naming of the islets.
Werner, F. (1903) -
Mirtl, J.J. & Truelock, Z.T. & Sargent, B.A. & Engbrecht, N.J. (2024) -
Zhao, K. (1985) -
Martinez del Mármol, G. & Harris, D.J. & Geniez, P. & Pous, P. de & Salvi, D. (2019) -
2 new pictures of Lacerta strigata EICHWALD, 1831 from Armenia. (wild)
1 new picture of Ophisops elegans schlueteri BOETTGER, 1880 from Cyprus. (wild)
Yao, C. (1983) -
Cruz, F. de la (2023) -
Hakim, J. & Trageser, S.J. & Ghose, A. & Das, K. & Abdur Rashid, S.M. & Rahman, S.C. (2020) -
An annotated inventory of the herpetofauna of Lawachara National Park in Bangladesh is presented, based primarily on original field observations recorded during a six-year survey of the park. A total of 71 species are reported, includ¬ing 19 Anura, one Apoda, two Chelonii, and 49 Squamata. The course of the survey revealed 16 range extensions including 11 new country records for Bangladesh. Eight of the 16 range extensions including six of the 11 country records are reported here for the first time. Deleted from previous Lawachara National Park checklists are 23 species that had been erroneously reported due to misidentification or the splitting or synonymization of species.
Syromyatnikova, E.V. & Tarasova, M.S. (2024) -
A nearly complete frontal bone of a racerunner lizard (Lacertidae: Eremias) is described from the Lower Pleistocene deposits of the Taurida cave – a famous site of fossil vertebrate fauna in Crimea, north Black Sea region. A comparative study of the frontals in the genus Eremias by micro-CT highlighted a few diagnostic features and suggested that the Eremias from the Taurida cave cannot be attributed to any modern species, including Eremias arguta, which inhabited Crimea currently. The specimen from the Taurida cave represents the first Early Pleistocene record of the genus and the oldest European record of the genus to date. Our data suggests that Eremias dispersed into Crimea already in the Early Pleistocene, not in the Holocene as was suggested earlier. The past range of Eremias in Crimea was wider than today and included midland areas. This record extends the distribution range of Eremias during the Pleistocene.
Doronin, I.V. (2024) -
Доронин, И.В. (2024) -
6 new pictures of Lacerta agilis exigua EICHWALD, 1831 from Russia. (wild)
Lopez, P. & Martin, J. (2011) -
Animals should adopt strategies to minimize the costs of intraspecific aggressive interactions. For example, individuals should be able to identify resource holders in advance and avoid fighting with them because residents are generally more likely than intruders escalate aggression. It has been suggested that scent marks function mainly to allow competitor assessment by conveying the costs of entering a scent-marked area. Individuals may identify territory owners by comparing the scent of substrate marks with the scent of any conspecific they encounter nearby, assessing whether these two scents match or not, a mechanism known as scent matching. Here, we examined the response of male Iberolacerta cyreni lizards to areas scent-marked by other males and the potential role of scent matching in agonistic interactions. We designed a labora- tory experiment where we allowed a male to explore the scent-marked substrate of another male, and then we immediately staged agonistic encounters in a nearby clean neutral area with either the male that had produced the scent marks (matching treatment) or with a different non- matching individual male. The higher chemosensory exploratory rates of substrate scent marks in comparison to clean substrates suggested that males detected and spent more time exploring scent marks to obtain information on the donor male. Moreover, this information was later used to decide the fighting strategy. Intruding males delayed time until the first agonistic interaction, reduced the intensity of fights and the number of aggressive interactions, and won less interactions with males which scent matched that of scent marks (because they would be considered as the territory owners) than with other non-matching individuals. Our results show that male I. cyreni lizards use scent matching as a mechanism to assess the ownership status of other males, which could contribute to modulate intrasexual aggression, reducing costs of agonistic interactions.
Editorial (2025) -
Romero, J.M.L. (2025) -
Murthy, T.S.N. (1990) -
1 new picture of Darevskia nairensis (DAREVSKY, 1967) from Armenia. (wild)
Arakelyan, M. (2012) -
Stehle (1957) -
1 new picture of Podarcis waglerianus waglerianus (GISTEL, 1868) from Sicily. (wild)
Ortega-Rubio, A. (1989) -
During the summer of 1984, the spatial structure of a mountain lizard assemblage, located at la Sierra de La Guadarrama in Spain, was studied. The assemblage is composed of six abundant species. The habitst partitioning and microhabitat specialization of these species show that the differential use of spatial resources establishes a clear separation among most of the species. Regarding the habitat partitioning, the assemblage appears to be spatially subdivided into two categories: those species restricted to almost a single habitat, and those widely distributed along several habitat types. Among the latter subset of species, it is possible to further differentiate among the species restricted to the ground and those specializing in the use of rocks: and finally, there exists among the latter species differences in the size of the rocks used. The ecological meaning of this differential spatial use is discussed.
1 new picture of Omanosaura jayakari (BOULENGER, 1887) from Oman. (wild)
Zaldivar Ezquerro, C. (2006) -
Paulinoi d`Oliveira, M. (1896) -
1 new picture of Mesalina balfouri (BLANFORD, 1881) from Yemen / Socotra island. (wild)
1 new picture of Adolfus alleni (BARBOUR, 1914) from Kenya. (wild)
Giner, J.M. (2001) -
2 new pictures of Takydromus hsuehshanensis LIN & CHENG, 1981 from Taiwan. (wild)
Speybroeck, J. (2007) -
1 new picture of Podarcis tauricus (PALLAS, 1814) from Ukraine / Crimean Peninsula. (wild)
3 new pictures of Dalmatolacerta oxycephala (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839) from Montenegro. (wild)
5 new pictures of Lacerta viridis viridis (LAURENTI, 1768) from Montenegro. (wild)
2 new pictures of Podarcis muralis muralis (LAURENTI, 1768) from Montenegro. (wild)
4 new pictures of Dinarolacerta mosorensis (KOLOMBATOVIC, 1886) from Montenegro. (wild)
2 new pictures of Lacerta trilineata major BOULENGER, 1887 from Montenegro. (wild)
Schäberle, C. & Schäberle, A. (2024) -
1 new picture of Lacerta agilis exigua EICHWALD, 1831 from Ukraine. (wild)
Boulenger, G.A. (1918) -
Breda, R.V. van (2023) -
An extensive Herpetofaunal survey of three under researched areas in North–eastern Namibia (all forming part of the Khaudum Ngamiland dispersal area) was conducted. The areas in question were the Nyae Nyae conservancy, Khaudum national park, and a small area of Mahango–Divundu, which borders the Okavango river approximately 75 km into the Caprivi strip. A preliminary checklist and desktop study of the areas was conducted based on known ranges and occurrences of Southern–African amphibian and reptile species, supplementing the survey. During the expedition 17 amphibian species representing 13 genera and 10 families, and 22 reptile species representing 19 genera and 12 families were encountered. Genetic sequencing of the 16S ribosomal gene was done for 20 specimens to confirm their identity. Phylogenetic trees of two species and ecological niche models of four species were created, supplementing scientific knowledge regarding the herpetofauna of this part of Namibia. This study provides the first record of adult specimens of an undescribed Pyxicephalus specie, as well as the first genetic data of Ichnotropis grandiceps.
Boulenger, G.A. (1919) -
2 new pictures of Ichnotropis grandiceps BROADLEY, 1967 from Namibia. (wild)
Schäberle, A. (2024) -
1 new picture of Lacerta agilis bosnica SCHREIBER, 1912 from Croatia. (wild)
1 new picture of Lacerta agilis grusinica PETERS, 1960 from Georgian Republic. (wild)
Zerbe, J. (2024) -
2 new pictures of Mesalina bahaeldini SEGOLI et al., 2002 from Palestinian Territories. (wild)
Kühnis, J. (2025) -
Im Rahmen eines regionalen Monitoringprojekts werden die Reptilienvorkommen in Liechtenstein seit Jahren systematisch überwacht. Ziel dieser periodischen Erhebungen ist es, die Verbreitung und Bestandesentwicklung der einzelnen Arten über einen längeren Zeitraum zu analysieren, Entwicklungstrends aufzuzeigen und konkrete Empfehlungen für die Naturschutzpraxis abzuleiten. Die vorliegende Synthese ermöglicht eine aktualisierte Übersicht zur Situation der einheimischen Zauneidechse (Lacerta agilis) und der allochthonen Mauereidechse (Podarcis muralis), deren Vorkommen im Alpenrheintal auf Aussetzungen, Einschleppungen sowie Einwanderungen aus bereits etablierten Populationen in angrenzenden Gebieten zurückzuführen sind. Die Gesamtbeurteilung der beiden evaluierten Arten für den Beobachtungszeitraum von 1980–2023 (basierend auf einem Datensatz von 809 Nachweisen für die Zauneidechse und 552 Nachweisen der Mauereidechse) fällt ambivalent aus: Während sich im Mehrjahresvergleich bei der Zauneidechse eine rückläufige Entwicklungstendenz (v. a. entlang des Rheindammes und im Siedlungsraum) feststellen lässt, zeigt sich bei der Mauereidechse eine deutliche Arealerweiterung. Die anpassungsfähige und mobile Art besiedelt den Rheindamm zwischenzeitlich flächendeckend und hat sich im Siedlungsraum weiter ausgedehnt, wo sie in Rebbergen, Industriearealen und Deponien teils hohe Dichten ausweist. Erstaunlicherweise wird die Bahnlinie (im Vergleich zur Situation in der Schweiz) bislang nur punktuell besiedelt. Zudem deuten die Kartierungsbefunde am Rheindamm, wo die Zauneidechse vor dem Auftreten der Mauereidechse früher noch weit verbreitet war, auf eine Konkurrenzierung und Verdrängung durch diese allochthone Art hin.
7 new pictures of Podarcis lusitanicus GENIEZ et al., 2014 from Portugal. (wild)
Anonymous (2024) -
3 new pictures of Podarcis lusitanicus GENIEZ et al., 2014 from Portugal. (wild)
1 new picture of Pedioplanis namaquensis (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839) from South Africa. (wild)
4 new pictures of Podarcis lusitanicus GENIEZ et al., 2014 from Portugal. (wild)
3 new pictures of Podarcis virescens GENIEZ et al., 2014 from Portugal. (wild)
1 new picture of Latastia longicaudata lanzai ARILLO, BALLETTO & SPANI, 1967 from Kenya. (wild)
1 new picture of Podarcis virescens GENIEZ et al., 2014 from Portugal. (wild)
2 new pictures of Mesalina ercolinii (LANZA & POGGESI, 1975) from Somalia. (wild)
1 new picture of Apathya cappadocica cappadocica (WERNER, 1902) from Türkiye. (wild)
4 new pictures of Lacerta agilis exigua EICHWALD, 1831 from Ukraine / Crimean Peninsula. (wild)
1 new picture of Acanthodactylus schreiberi BOULENGER, 1878 from Turkey. (wild)
1 new picture of Mesalina ercolinii (LANZA & POGGESI, 1975) from Somalia. (wild)