Lacerta bilineata
(Daudin, 1802)
law-CHER-ah-tah — bee-lin-ee-AWE-tuh
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to western Europe. It was introduced in New Jersey (Conant, 1975, A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America. 2nd edition, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, Massachusetts; Kraus, 2009, Alien Reptiles and Amphibians: A Scientific Compendium and Analysis. SpringerVerlag, Heidelberg, Germany) and is established in Topeka, Kansas (Collins, 1974, Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Public Education Series : 283 pp; Kalyabina-Hauf and Deichsel, 2002, Herpetological Review 33: 225–226).
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Province/State Distribution:
USA: Kansas
First instance(s) of published English names:
Green Lizard (Lacerta viridis: Gray, John E. 1830. A synopsis of the species of the class reptilia. Pages 1-110 in The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with its Organization by the Baron Cuvier, member of teh Institute of France, with Additional Descriptions of all the Species Hitherto Named, and of many not before noticed. Ninth Volume. Whittaker, Treacher, and Company, London, England. pp.);
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1802
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Daudin, Francois M. Histoire naturelle des rainettes, des grenouilles et des crapauds. [Natural history of tree frogs, frogs and toads.] Quarto version. de L'imprimerie de Bertrandet, Rue de Sorbonne, Paris, France. 468pp.
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1974
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Collins, Joseph T. Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Public Education Series (1):283 pp
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1996
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Gubanyi, James E. Green Lacerta rediscovered in Topeka, Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter (106):15
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1997
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Miller, Larry L. Topeka Collegiate School summer research class yields specimen of Green Lacerta. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter (109):13
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2000
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Gubanyi, James E. Update on Lacerta in Topeka, Kansas. Kansas Herpetological Society Newsletter (118):13-14
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2000
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Gubanyi, James E. A breeding colony of Western Green Lacerta (Lacerta bilineata) confirmed in southwestern Topeka (Kansas). Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 103(3-4):191-192
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2002
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Kalyabina-Hauf, Svetlana A. and Guntram Deichsel. Geographic distribution. Lacerta bilineata (Western Green Lizard). Herpetological Review 33(3):225-226
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2005
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Godinho, Raquel, Eduardo G. Crespo, Nuno Ferrand, and D. James Harris. Phylogeny and evolution of the green lizards, Lacerta sp. (Squamata: Lacertidae) based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. Amphibia-Reptilia 26(3):271-285
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2010
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Collins, Joseph T. and James E. Gubanyi. History and distribution of the Western Green Lacerta, Lacerta bilineta (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertidae) in Topeka, Kansa. Journal of Kansas Herpetology (34):8-9
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