East of the Dnjepr River and north of the Caucasus, east to Lake Baikal and Issyk-Kul and northwestern China. 

Subspecies:

agilis exigua  EICHWALD, 1831

Synonyms:

Lacerta agilis var. dilepis  LICHTENSTEIN 1856

Lacerta agilis var. orientalis   KESSLER 1878

Types:

Holotype: unlocated fide I. Doronin (pers. comm., Nov 2018)

Terra Typica:

Type locality: Russia, Ural Mountains


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Eichwald, E. (1831) -  Erstbeschreibung Lacerta (agilis) exigua. -  In: Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi.- Amphibians-Reptiles part: 116-197.   

  • Bischoff, W. (1988) -  Zur Verbreitung und Systematik der Zauneidechse, Lacerta agilis LINNAEUS, 1758. -  Mertensiella, Bonn, 1: 11-30.  

  • Zinenko, O.I. & Drabkin, P.L. & Rudyk, O.M. (2005) -  Contact zone between two subspecies of the Sand Lizard: Lacerta agilis exigua Eichw., 1831 and Lacerta agilis chersonensis Andr., 1832 in three regions of the Left-Bank Ukraine.  -  In: Ananjeva N. & O. Tsinenko (eds.): Herpetologia Petropolitana. Proceedings of the 12th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, August 12–16, 2003, St. Petersburg, Russian Journal of Herpetology, 12 (Suppl.): 109-112.   

  • Doronina, M.A. & Doronin, I.V. & Lukonina, S.A. & Mazanaeva, L.F. & Lotiev, K.Yu. & Ananjeva, N.B. (2023) -  Application of DNA Barcoding to the Study of Green Lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae: Lacerta). -  Genetika, 59 (3): 345-355.  

    М. А. Доронина, И. В. Доронин, С. А. Луконина, Л. Ф. Мазанаева, К. Ю. Лотиев, Н. Б. Ананьева (2023) -  ПРИМЕНЕНИЕ ДНК-ШТРИХКОДИРОВАНИЯ ДЛЯ ИЗУЧЕНИЯ ЗЕЛЕНЫХ ЯЩЕРИЦ (Sauria: Lacertidae: Lacerta) -  ГЕНЕТИКА, 59 (3): 345-355.