Iberian emerald lizard

{{Speciesbox

| name = Iberian emerald lizard

| image = Lacerta schreiberi 02 by-dpc.jpg

| image_caption = Iberian emerald lizard male on the back, female on the front

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Paulo Sá-Sousa, Rafael Marquez, Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Iñigo Martínez-Solano |date=2009 |title=Lacerta schreiberi |volume=2009 |page=e.T11113A3251580 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T11113A3251580.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

| genus = Lacerta

| species = schreiberi

| authority = Bedriaga, 1878

| synonyms =

| range_map = Mapa Lacerta schreiberi.png

}}

The Iberian emerald lizard (Lacerta schreiberi), also known commonly as Schreiber's green lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.

Etymology

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The specific name, schreiberi, is in honor of Austrian zoologist Egid Schreiber (1836–1913), author of Herpetologia Europaea (1875).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Lacerta schreiberi, p. 238).

It is known as Lagarto-de-água (water lizard) in Portuguese and lagarto verdinegro (green and black lizard) in Spanish.

Geographic range

Lacerta schreiberi is found in Portugal and Spain.

Habitat

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The natural habitats of L. schreiberi are temperate forests and shrublands, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rivers, and pastureland.

Conservation status

Lacerta schreiberi is threatened by habitat loss.

Description

A large species, L. schreiberi measures about {{convert|13.5|cm|in|abbr=on}} snout-to-vent (SVL); including the tail, it measures about {{convert|38|cm|in|abbr=on}}.

Diet

Lacerta schreiberi is mainly insectivorous, though it also preys on small lizards like the iberian wall lizard or large psammodromus.{{cite web|url=http://aym.juntaex.es/NR/rdonlyres/42AE380F-4B16-4A2A-B9E3-CEBEBC478FF7/0/reptiles4.pdf |title=Lacerta schreiberi . pp. 156-157. In: Catálogo Regional de Especies Amenazadas by Juan Pablo Prieto Clemente|access-date=2013-11-26|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219044936/http://aym.juntaex.es/NR/rdonlyres/42AE380F-4B16-4A2A-B9E3-CEBEBC478FF7/0/reptiles4.pdf|archive-date=2009-12-19}} (in Spanish).

Reproduction

Lacerta schreiberi is oviparous.{{EMBL species|genus=Lacerta|species=schreiberi}} www.reptile-database.org. Clutch size varies from 11 to 28 eggs.