Lacerta azurea. Uracentron azureum. Kaup 1826. Isis von Oken 19:88. Guianas and northern 
Brasil. 
Lacerta turcica. Hemidactylus turcicus. Boettger 1876. Ber. Offenbach Ver. Naturk. 
15/16:57. Mediterranean to Red Sea areas, eastward to northwestern India, south to Kenya. 
Widespread as introduction to southeastern U.S.A., Mexico, and Cuba. 
Lacerta amelva. Ameiva ameiva. Cockerell 1893 J. Inst. Jamaica 1:310. Panama, tropical 
South America, Trinidad, and Tobago. 
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Lacerta agllls. Lacerta agilis. Linnaeus. Europe to central Asia. 
Lacerta alglra. Psammodromus algirus. Boulenger 1887. Cat. Liz. British Mus. 3:50. SW 
Europe and northwestern Africa. 
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Lacerta seps. Tetradactylus seps. Boulenger 1887. Cat. Liz. British Mus. 3:124. South Africa. 
Lacerta angutata. Alopoglossus angulata. Hoogmoed 1973. Biogeographica 4: 216. 
Guianas and amazonian regions of South America. 
Lacerta chamaeleon. Chamaeieo chamaeleon. Stejneger 1936. Copeia 1936:136. 
Portugal to North Africa, east to western Asia. 
Lacerta salamandra. Salmandra salamandra. Lbnnberg 1896. Bih. Kung. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. 
Handl. 22(4):10. Europe, northwestern Africa, and western Asia. 
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Lacerta gecko. Gecko gecko. Smith 1935. Fauna British India. Rept. & Amph. II: Sauria: 111. 
Northeastern India to southern China, southward to Malay Peninsula and East Indies. 
Lacerta stincus. Scincus scincus. Loveridge 1936. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 22(1):72. 
N. Africa. 
Lacerta hlspida. Agama hispida. Gray 1845. Cat. Spec. Liz. in Coll. British Mus. :257. 
Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Namibia southward. 
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Lacerta orbicularis. Phrynosoma orbiculare. Wiegmann 1828. Isis von Oken :367. Mexico 
Lacerta vulgaris. Triturus vulgaris. Dunn 1918. Bull. M.C.Z. 62:452. Europe and western 
Asia. 
Lacerta aquatlca. Triturus vulgaris. Dunn 1918. Bull. M.C.Z. 62:452. Europe and western 
Asia. 
Lacerta baslliscus. Basiliscus basiliscus. Wagler 1830. Nat. Syst. Amph.:148. Northwest 
South America to southern Central America. 
Lacerta igvana. Iguana iguana. Van Denburgh 1898. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1898(1897) 
49:461. Mexico to southern Brasil and Paraguay. Frost and Collins (1988. Herpetol. Rev. 19:74) 
noted that Linnaeus used Lacerta igvana and that his usage elsewhere on the page of vulgaris, 
aquatica, and pre-Linnaean names such as Yvana, Igvana, Leguan indicated that use of a "v" 
rather than a "u" in igvana was not as romanized "u". They therefore interpreted that the correct 
specific epithet is igvana. Lonnberg (1896. Bih. Kung. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 22[4]1:9) also 
had suggested that "we have no right to abolish the old Linnean name." However, in light of the 
lack of usage of igvana they indicated that they would petition the International Commission on 
Zoological Nomenclature for conservation of the spelling iguana. I have not seen evidence of that 
petition in print as yet. 
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Lacerta calotes. Calotes calotes. Lbnnberg 1896. Bih. Kung. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl. 
22(4):15. India, Sri Lanka. 
