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Hellenolacerta graeca (BEDRIAGA, 1886)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Greek Rock Lizard
G: Griechische Spitzkopfeidechse 
SynonymLacerta graeca BEDRIAGA 1886: 290
Lacerta graeca — WERNER 1904: 256
Lacerta graeca — MEHELY 1909: 463
Lacerta danfordii var. graeca — BOULENGER 1920: 314
Lacerta graeca — MERTENS & MÜLLER 1940
Lacerta graeca — BÖHME 1984: 255
Lacerta graeca — ENGELMANN et al. 1993
Podarcis graeca — MAYER (pers. comm.)
Lacerta graeca — PLESSAS 2002
Hellenolacerta graeca — ARNOLD et al. 2007
Hellenolacerta graeca — TRAPP 2007
Lacerta (Hellenolacerta) graeca — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Hellenolacerta graeca — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 
DistributionGreece (Peloponnese)

Type locality: Taygetos mountains near Kalamata  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesType: BMNH 1940.9.3.46 (and possibly additional specimens). 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Lizards possessing the following features found only in a minority of other Lacertini: often 27 presacral vertebrae in males, median loop of clavicle always interrupted posteriorly, medial longitudinal scale rows under the tail often a little more laterally expanded than adjoining ones, frequently some sexual dimorphism in dorsal colouring; hemipenis often with traces of an armature. Other more widely distributed features include: head and body markedly depressed but supraocular osteoderms usually complete in adults, nine pre-maxillary teeth in adults, inscriptional ribs usually absent, tail often brightly coloured in juveniles, hemipenial microornamentation of hook-shaped spines (from Arnold et al. 2007: 43). 
CommentType Species: Lacerta graeca Bedriaga, 1886 is the type species of the genus Hellenolacerta ARNOLD et al. 2007. 
EtymologyNamed after the occurrence of the species in Greece.

The genus was named after its occurrence in Greece (Greek “Hellas”) and Latin “lacerta” = lizard. 
References
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  • Bedriaga, J. von 1886. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lacertiden-Familie (Lacerta, Algiroides, Tropidosaura, Zerzumia, Bettaia). Abh. senckenb. naturf. Ges. (Frankfurt) 14: 17-444 - get paper here
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  • Böhme,W. 1984. Lacerta graeca - Taygetos - Eidechse. In: Böhme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 2/I., Echsen II (Lacerta). Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 255-264
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1910. Remarks on Prof. L. von Mehely's recent Contribution to the Knowledge of the Lizards allied to Lacerta muralis. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 5: 247-256 - get paper here
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1920. Monograph of the Lacertidae, vol. 1. British Museum (London) - get paper here
  • BRINGSOE, H. 2016. Erweiterung des Verbreitungsgebietes von Hellenolacerta graeca auf der westlichen Peloponnes, Griechenland, sowie Bemerkungen zu Emys orbicularis in einem schwefelhaltigen Lebensraum. Die Eidechse 27 (2): 53-59. - get paper here
  • Engelmann, W.E. et al. 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
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