Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 19 No.2

Prvi nalaz erythronotus tipa obojenosti kod vrste Lacerta agilis argus Laurenti, 1768 u Hrvatskoj

Authors: Dušan Jelić

Authors and affiliation

  • Dušan Jelić State Institute for Nature Protection, Trg Mažuranića 5, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The Sand Lizard, Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758, is a species very widely distributed in Croatia. Erythronotus coloration morphs are known to appear very often in different parts of Central and Eastern Europe, but were never recorded in Croatia. In this paper the author describes the first record of this color morph in a male individual collected in the vicinity of Donji Miholjac (Northeastern Croatia) during research in 2006.

Keywords

Squamata, Lacerta agilis argus, Sand lizard, erythronotus, morph, Croatia