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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
Lacerta media ciliciensis SCHMIDTLER,1975
Franzen, M. (1990) -
Lutzmann, N. (1998) -
This article repoß about keeping and first time breeding of Lacerta media ciliciensis. After a hibemation of two months the male and the two females were kept together in a terrarium with the size of 130 x 50 x 30 cm. Each female layed 3 clutches. The clutches contained 1 - 7 eggs. The eggs had a length of I - 2 cm and a width of 0.4 - 1 cm. They were incubated on sand at a temperaturc of 25 - 30°C. The young hatched after 61 - 93 days. The juvenile coloration and how to raise the hatchlings is described. Mating behavior which was observed between the females is briefly discussed.
Peek, R. (2009) -
A deviant population of green lizard of the Peloponnese (Greece) The author and several other amateur herpetologists report the presence of populations of green lizards in the west of the Peloponnese (Greece) that are deviant from the locally widespread Balkan green lizard (Lacerta trilineata trilineata). Males had green backs and lavender-blue lateral sides, while females were similar to Balkan green lizards. The habitat of these animals appeared to be restricted to the surroundings of (temporary) dry riverbeds. In view of the striking similarity to a subspecies of Levant green lizard (Lacerta media ciliciensis) speculations are made about their origin. Genetic research will be required to clarify the taxonomic status of these deviant populations of green lizards in the Peloponnese.
Schmidtler, J.F. (1975) -
Schmidtler, J.F. (1986) -
1. A revision of Anatolian L. trilineata reveals its subdivision into three species: The western L. trilineata BEDRIAGA, 1886 (comprising in Anatolia the two subspecies- groupings cariensis and diplochondrodes), the eastern L. media LANTZ & CYREN, 1920 (comprising the subspecies L. m. (m.) media - probably subdivided into further „minor subspecies` - L. m. (i.) isaurica, L. m. (i.) ciliciensis, L. m. (w.) wolterstorffi, L. m. (w.) israelica) and L. pamphylica SCHMIDTLER, 1975; the latter being endemic and allopatric in Southern Central Anatolia. Probably these three species are equally related with each other, with the L. viridis-strigata-complex and possibly also with L. agilis. In Green Lizards generally the degree of specific differentiation is weil indicated by the degree of pholidotic differentiation. 2. In the intrapontic transversal valleys of Arav and Gök-rivers (West Pontus-Subregion) three species of Green Lizards prove to be ecological indicator-species of the three main vegetation-zones and herpetocoenoses: - Mediterranean-intrapontic vegetation-zone (Pinus halepensis; 300-600 m): L. m. me- dia and the reptiles Ophisops elegans, Coluber caspius, Mauremys caspica, Testudo graeca; the amphibians Bufo viridis, Hyla arborea, Rana ridibunda. - Supramediterranean-prepontic vegetation-zone (Pinus nigra; 600-1000 m): L. triline- ata galatiensis and the reptiles Lacerta parva, Podarcis muralis, Emys orbicularis, Testudo graeca and, additionally to the above mentioned amphibians: Rana macrocnemis. - Moderate-euxinic vegetation-zone (Pinus silvestris; 1000-1500 m): L. viridis paphla- gonica and the reptiles Lacerta cf. rudis, Podarcis muralis, Coronella austriaca; the amphibi- ans Triturus vittatus, Bufo bufo, Hyla arborea, Rana ridibunda and R. macrocnemis.
Schmidtler, J.F. (1998) -