Art:

Zootoca carniolica  MAYER et al., 2000

Synonyme:

Lacerta vivipara  VON JACQUIN, 1787

Zootoca vivipara carniolica  MAYER et al., 2000

Zootoca vivipara  (LICHTENSTEIN, 1823)

Typen:

Holotyp: ZFMK 68438, paratypes in NMW and MCSNT

Terra Typica:

Berg Snežnik, 8 km südöstlich von Masun (1250 m NN) in Südslovenien.

Taxonomische Hinweise:

Ist Eier legend.

Relevante taxonomische Literatur:

• Mayer, W. & Böhme, W. & Tiedemann, F. & Bischoff, W. (2000) -  On oviparous populations of Zootoca vivipara (JACQUIN, 1787) in south-eastern Central Europe and their phylogenetic relationshoip to neighbouring viviparous and South-west European oviparous populations (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 13 (1/2): 59-69.    

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  In Slowenien und in Karaten wurden eierlegende Populationen der Bergeidechse, Zootoca vivipara (JACQUIN, 1887) entdeckt. Neben vorläufigen Vergleichen der Eihüllen und der Embryonalstadien beim Absetzen der Eier stellen wir eine phylogenetische Analyse dieser Art vor, die auf mitochondrialen DNA-Sequenzen von Stichproben aus Niederösterreich, Kärnten, Slowenien, Italien (Friaul) und Spanien beruht Die Ergebnisse legen eine evolutive Divergenz innerhalb dieser Art nahe, die der zwischen manchen allopatrischen (Semi-)Spezies entspricht und uns veranlaßt, die südostmitteleuropäische eierlegende Linie als eigene Unterart, Zootoca vivipara carniolica ssp. nov. aufzufassen.

• Cornetti, L. & Belluardo, F. & Ghielmi, S. & Ficetola, G.F. & Bertorelle, G. & Vernesi, C. & Mauffe, H.C. (2015) -  Reproductive isolation between oviparous and viviparous lineages of the Eurasian common lizard Zootoca vivipara in a contact zone. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 114 (3): 566-573.    

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  Contact zones between two evolutionary lineages are often useful for understanding the process of speciation because the observed genetic pattern reflects the history of differentiation. The Eurasian lacertid lizard Zootoca vivipara is a potentially interesting model for studying the role of reproductive mode in the speciation of squamate reptiles because it has both oviparous (Zootoca vivipara carniolica) and viviparous (Zootoca vivipara vivipara) populations that have recently been shown to be genetically distinct. We studied a newly-discovered syntopic area of these two Zootoca subspecies in the central Italian Alps using genetic markers to investigate the level of introgression between them. Patterns of genetic differentiation in a fragment of the mitochondrial DNA cytb gene and a set of nuclear microsatellites show that the speciation process is complete in this area, with no evidence of recent introgression. Phylogenetic and genotypic divergence suggests that the two subspecies have experienced long independent evolutionary histories, during which genetic and phenotypic differences evolved. The possible roles of biogeography, reproductive mode, and cytogenetic differentiation in this speciation process are discussed.