Northeastern Caucasus, through eastern Georgia, Armenia, Azerbajian and northeastern Türkiye, and from the Caspian coast of northern Iran into southwestern Turkmenistan. Also: Shiraz in southeastern Iran.

Species:

Lacerta strigata  EICHWALD, 1831

Synonyms:

Lacerta quinquevittata   MENETRIES, 1832

Lacerta viridis var. strigata   DE FILIPPI, 1865

Lacerta viridis strigata   BOULENGER, 1887

Lacerta viridis var. woosnami   BOULENGER, 1917

Lacerta strigata   TERENTYEV & CHERNOV, 1949

Common names:

Caspian Green Lizard (English)
Striated Lizard (English)
Streifensmarageidechse (German)
Полосатая ящерица (Russian)

Types:

Type: unknown (fide Igor DORONIN et al. 2017)
Syntypes: BMNH 1908.8.7.6-13/1946.8.5.27-33 (L. viridis var. woosnami)

Terra Typica:

Krasnovodsk in the North Caucasus.


Taxonomic notes:

The spread of Lacerta strigata in Iraq is not reliably confirmed: most of the findings relate to L. media.

Igor Doronin.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Eichwald, E. (1831) -  Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. -  Zawadski, Vilnae.  

  • 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.    

  • Afrasiab, S.R. & Mohamad, S.I. & Hossain, R.H. (2013) -  A review of the Lacertini of Iraq in Iraqi collections. -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 23 (3/4): 93-100.