North and Central Spain and Portugal. 

Species:

Lacerta schreiberi  BEDRIAGA, 1878

Common names:

Iberian Green Lizard (English)
Schreiber’s Green Lizard (English)
Iberische Smaragdeidechse (German)
Lagarto Verdinegro (Spanish)

Types:

BMNH 1946.9.2.60-63 (and possibly additional specimens).

Terra Typica:

Forests at Arnao, Asturias in northwest Spain.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Bedriaga, J. von (1878) -  Herpetologische Studien. -  Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 44 (1): 259-320.    

  • Bosch, P. (1990) -  Een morfologische bijzonderheid bij de Spaanse smaragdhagedis (Lacerta schreiberi). -  Lacerta, 48 (3): 80-81.    

  • Godinho, R. & Paulo, O. & Ferrand, N. & Luis, C. & Rosa, H.D. & Crespo, E.G. (2003) -  Major patterns of population differentiation in the Iberian Schreiber`s green lizard (Lacerta schreiberi) inferred from protein polymorphism. -  The Herpetological Journal, 13 (1): 35-42.    

  • 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.