Lacerta

Lacerta is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. Taxonomy Lacerta was a fairly diverse genus containing around 40 species, until it was split into nine genera in 2007 by Arnold, Arribas & Carranza. Fossil record The earliest known members of the genus Lacerta are known from early Miocene epoch fossils indistinguishable in anatomy from the modern green lizards such as Lacerta viridis. Species The genus Lacerta contains the following species.