Balkan green lizard
| Balkan green lizard | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Lacerta |
| Species: | L. trilineata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lacerta trilineata Bedriaga, 1886 | |
The Balkan green lizard (Lacerta trilineata) is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It is found in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References
- Böhme, W., Lymberakis, P., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P-A., Haxhiu, I., Nettmann, H.K. & Sterijovski, B. 2005. Lacerta trilineata. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.