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Lacertinae
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Lacertinae

The Lacertidae are the family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The group includes the genus Lacerta, which contains some of the most commonly seen lizard species in Europe. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera.

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19 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 148 known species

Podarcis

genusPodarcis

Lacerta

genusLacerta

viviparous lizards

genusZootoca

Grass Lizards

genusTakydromus

Ocellated Lizards

genusTimon

Darevskia

genusDarevskia

Teira

genusTeira

Iberolacerta

genusIberolacerta

Algyroides

genusAlgyroides

Phoenicolacerta

genusPhoenicolacerta

Anatololacerta

genusAnatololacerta

Dalmatolacerta

genusDalmatolacerta

Archaeolacerta

genusArchaeolacerta

Hellenolacerta

genusHellenolacerta

Apathya

genusApathya

Scelarcis

genusScelarcis

Dinaric Rock Lizards

genusDinarolacerta

Parvilacerta

genusParvilacerta

Iranolacerta

genusIranolacerta

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1118992.