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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
Species:
Algyroides nigropunctatus (DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839)
Subspecies (2):
Algyroides nigropunctatus nigropunctatus DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839
Algyroides nigropunctatus kephallithacius KEYMAR, 1986
Synonyms:
Lacerta nigro-punctata DUMÉRIL & BIBRON, 1839
Algiroides nigropunctatus WERNER, 1894
Common names:
Blue-throated Keeled Lizard (English) Dalmatian Algyroides (English) Prachtkieleidechse (German) Σαύρα της Ρούμελης (Greek) L’algiroide magnifico (Italian)
Types:
nigropunctatus: Holotype: MNHN-RA 2674 kephallithacius: Holotype: not given in original description.
Terra Typica:
nigropunctatus: Corfu. kephallithacius: Agios Atros near Poros (Πόρος), southeastern Kefalonia.
Relevant taxonomic literature:
Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. (1839) -
Podnar, M. & Mayer, W. (2006) -
Algyroides nigropunctatus is a lacertid species from the western border of the Balkan peninsula. Morphologically the species is highly uniform throughout its distribution range, which extends from notheastern-most Italy to western Greece. In order to assess the mitochondrial DNA variability of the species parts of the mitochondrial 12S (about 470 bp) and 16S rRNA (about 500 bp) genes were sequenced from 8 samples collected at different localities distributed across the species range. Three distinct clades were found representing mitochondrial lineages separated probably during the middle Pleistocene. The phylogeographic structure of the species is characterised by a lack of variability in the northern and middle part of its area, and clear phylogenetic structuring of the populations from Greece.
Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia
Algyroides nigropunctatus: 257 references
Algyroides nigropunctatus: 201 pictures (see subspecies level)
Algyroides nigropunctatus nigropunctatus © 2008 Maarten Gilbert