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Lacerta
Lacerta La*cer"ta, n. [L. lacertus the arm.] A fathom. [Obs.] --Domesday Book.
Lacerta
Lacerta La*cer"ta, n. [L. a lizard. See Lizard.] 1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of lizards. See Lizard. Note: Formerly it included nearly all the known lizards. It is now restricted to certain diurnal Old World species, like the green lizard (Lacerta viridis) and the sand lizard (L. agilis), of Europe. 2. (Astron.) The Lizard, a northern constellation.

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- Lacerta is one of the 88 modern constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. Its name is Latin for lizard. A small, faint constellation...
- Lacerta is a genus of lizards of the family Lacertidae. Lacerta was a fairly diverse genus containing around 40 species, until it was split into nine...
- Infraorder: Gekkota Family: Gekkonidae Genus: Gekko Species: G. gecko Binomial name Gekko gecko (Linnaeus, 1758) Synonyms Lacerta gecko Linnaeus, 1758...
- The viviparous lizard, or common lizard, (Zootoca vivipara, formerly Lacerta vivipara) is a Eurasian lizard. It lives ****her north than any other species...
- The type specimen (holotype) of Lacerta plica, described by Linnaeus in 1758...
- The sand lizard (Lacerta agilis) is a lacertid lizard. There are several subspecies, including L. a. agilis, L. a. argus, and L. a. exigua. The sand lizard...
- Nile monitor twice was given a scientific name by Carl Linnaeus: First as Lacerta monitor in 1758 in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, the starting point...
- The European green lizard (Lacerta viridis) is a large lizard distributed across European midlatitudes from Slovenia and eastern Austria to as far east...
- scale. Island gigantism List of largest extinct lizards Bravo, Telésforo. Lacerta maxima n. sp. de la fauna continental extinguida del Pleistoceno de las...
- The western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata) is a lizard of the family Lacertidae. The genus name Lacerta and the species name bilineata are Latin words...