Short communication, Note

The Western Green Lizard Lacerta (viridis) bilineata Daudin, 1804 (Sauria: Lacertidae) in Slovenia and Croatia

Nikola Tvrtković ; Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Bojan Lazar ; Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Staša Tome ; Natural History Museum of Slovenia, Prešernova 21, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Irena Grbac ; Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Through a review of egg incubation times and the colour patterns of hatchlings of green lizards from the left side of the Soča (Isonzo) River, and the island of Cres, it has been found that they belong to a recently established species, Lacerta (viridis) bilineata Daudin 1802. It is from now on a member of the list of the herpetofauna of Slovenia and Croatia. At the same time L. viridis (Laurenti 1768) has been confirmed on the sand dunes around Đurđevac (Croatia). On the basis of the known distribution of green lizards and types of habitat in the case of the finds to date, the possible contact areas between the two taxa are considered.

Keywords

Lacerta; bilineata; viridis; Slovenia; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

59091

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/59091

Publication date:

31.12.1998.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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