Viviparous Lizard
Zootoca vivipara
- Class
- Reptile
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 24,652
- Most observed in
- 🇷🇺 Russia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The viviparous lizard or common lizard is a Eurasian lizard. It lives farther north than any other non-marine reptile species, and is named for the fact that it is viviparous, meaning it gives birth to live young. Both "Zootoca" and "vivipara" mean "live birth", in (Latinized) Greek and Latin respectively. It was called Lacerta vivipara until the genus Lacerta was split into nine genera in 2007 by Arnold, Arribas & Carranza.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Viviparous lizard”.