France and Spain / central Pyrenees; from El Portalé in the west to La Bonaigua in the east. 

Species:

Iberolacerta bonnali  (LANTZ, 1927)

Synonyms:

Iberolacerta bonnali  CROCHET et al, 2004

Lacerta bonnali  LANTZ, 1927

Lacerta monticola bonnali  ENGELMANN et al, 1993

Iberolacerta (Pyrenesaura) bonnali  ARRIBAS, 1997

Common names:

Pyrenean Rock Lizard (English)
Pyrenäen-Gebirgseidechse (German)
Lézard montagnard des Pyrénées (French)
Lagartija Pirenaica (Spanish)

Types:

Holotype: BMNH

Terra Typica:

Lac Bleu de Bigorre, Pyrenees.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Lantz, L.A. (1927) -  Description of Iberolacerta bonnali.  -  In: Quelques observations nouvelles sur l’herpétologique des Pyrénées centarles. II. – Revue d`histoire naturelle appliquée, 8: 58-61.   

  • Mayer, W. & Arribas, O.J. (1996) -  Allozyme differentiation and relationship among the Iberian-Pyrenean Mountain lizards (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 9 (1/2): 57-61.    

  • Mayer, W. & Arribas, O. (2003) -  Phylogenetic relationships of the European lacertid genera Archaeolacerta and Iberolacerta and their relartionships to some other ´Archaeolacertae´ (sensu lato) from Near East, derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences. -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 41 (3): 157-161.    

 
 
 
 
 

Iberolacerta bonnali  © 2010 Frank Deschandol