Species:

Lacerta strigata  EICHWALD, 1831

Synonyms:

Lacerta quinquevittata   MENETRIES, 1832

Lacerta viridis var. strigata   DE FILIPPI, 1865

Lacerta viridis strigata   BOULENGER, 1887

Lacerta viridis var. woosnami   BOULENGER, 1917

Lacerta strigata   TERENTYEV & CHERNOV, 1949

Common names:

Caspian Green Lizard (English)
Striated Lizard (English)
Streifensmarageidechse (German)
Полосатая ящерица (Russian)

Types:

Type: unknown (fide Igor DORONIN et al. 2017)
Syntypes: BMNH 1908.8.7.6-13/1946.8.5.27-33 (L. viridis var. woosnami)

Terra Typica:

Krasnovodsk in the North Caucasus.

Taxonomic notes:

The spread of Lacerta strigata in Iraq is not reliably confirmed: most of the findings relate to L. media.

Igor Doronin.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Eichwald, E. (1831) -  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. -  Zawadski, Vilnae.  

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• Godinho, R. & Crespo, E.G. & Ferrand, N. & Harris, D.J. (2005) -  Phylogeny and evolution of the green lizards, Lacerta spp. (Squamata: Lacertidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences -  Amphibia-Reptilia, 26 (3): 271-285.    

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  Partial DNA sequences from three mitochondrial (cytochrome b, 12S rRNA and 16S rRNA) and two nuclear (-fibrinogen intron 7 and C-mos) genes were used to estimate the phylogenetic relationships among all eight extant species of green lizards, Lacerta sensu stricto, and many currently recognized subspecies. All eight species form a monophyletic group. L. agilis, L. schreiberi and L. strigata are genetically well differentiated species. L. trilineata and L. pamphylica are not monophyletic units based on analyses of the -fibrinogen intron 7. Lacerta media is closely related to some Lacerta trilineata. L. bilineata and L. viridis are closely related, and recognition of L. bilineata as a distinct species makes L. viridis paraphyletic also. For both L. bilineata and L. viridis, some subspecies appear to remain in their southern glacial refugia, while a single genetic entity shows successfully postglacial expansion. The topology derived from C-mos variation is concordant with that derived from mtDNA, with substitutions occurring at a similar rate to that of transversions in the rRNA genes. Although C-mos is typically used at deeper taxonomic levels it is also phylogenetically informative within green lizards. -fibrinogen intron 7, typically used for assessing phylogenetic relationships among bird species, is a useful phylogenetic marker for reptiles also, showing considerable variation between species. There is not complete concordance between estimates of relationships derived from the mtDNA and nuclear markers, probably because rapid diversification led to incomplete lineage sorting in the green lizards. Introgression could also be occuring between some species.

• Afrasiab, S.R. & Mohamad, S.I. & Hossain, R.H. (2013) -  A review of the Lacertini of Iraq in Iraqi collections. -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 23 (3/4): 93-100.     

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  The present study is a review of the 1976 publication by professor A.D. NIAZI, director of the Natural History Museum of Bagdad, on the Lacertini of Iraq, including additional materials from Irqi collections. Twenty-two individuals of five taxa of this group originating from the territory under study were indentified in Iraqi collections: Lacerta cf. strigata EICHWALD, 1831 which had been removed from the list of Iraqi lacertids by many authors, L. media media LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1920, Timon kurdistanicus (SUCHOW, 1936) and two subspecies of Apathya cappadocica (WERNER, 1902). A key for identification and a map of the records are also presented.