Summary ⁷

The western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) is a wall lizard of the Lacertidae family.

Range description ⁸

This species is restricted to southwestern Germany (where its populations are isolated from the main range), southwestern and southern Switzerland, most of France (except parts of the northeast), Monaco, most of Italy, western Slovenia, western Croatia, southern Austria, and northern Spain. It has been introduced to Kansas in the United States. It is present on the islands of Elba and Sicily (Italy) and Jersey in the Channel Islands (United Kingdom) (and is introduced on Guernsey). It is present from sea level up to 2,160m asl.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) michele molinari, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://www.flickr.com/photos/43662205@N00/2457603726
2. (c) 2013 Simon J. Tonge, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=557761&one=T
3. (c) 2012 Simon J. Tonge, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=427920&one=T
4. (c) 2013 Simon J. Tonge, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=557760&one=T
5. (c) 2013 Simon J. Tonge, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=557759&one=T
6. (c) 2013 Simon J. Tonge, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?seq_num=557762&one=T
7. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacerta_bilineata
8. (c) International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://eol.org/data_objects/18905929

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HerpMapper
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• The Reptile Database
• VertNet

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