Northern Anatolia (Türkiye) and restricted to a few areas in European Türkiye and Eastern Greece. 

Subspecies:

Lacerta viridis meridionalis  CYRÉN, 1933

Synonyms:

Lacerta viridis paphlagonica   SCHMIDTLER, 1986

Lacerta viridis infrapunctata   SCHMIDTLER, 1986

Types:

Syntypes: GNM 4568-4585 (21) (Göteborg Museum) Bӧjükderé, europ. Turkey, May 1907, April 1914. Bith. Olympus, Asia Minor, June 1927, Brussa June 1927, Adapazar, May 1930, Yalova, June 1930, Küprije-Vasiliko (Strandja Planina), Bulgaria, May 1931, Coll. O. Cyrén.

Terra Typica:

Type locality: restricted to Adapazarı, Turkey by Mertens and Müller, 1940.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Cyren, O. (1933) -  Description Lacerta viridis meridionalis. -  In: Lacertiden der Südöstlichen Balkanhalbinsel. Mitteilungen der Königlich Naturwissenschaftliche Institute aus Sofia, 5 : 219-240. Taf. I-VI.   

  • Marzahn, E., Mayer, W., Joger, U., Ilgaz, Ç, Jablonski, D., Kindler, C., Kumlutaş, Y., Nistri, A., Schneeweiss, N., Vamberger, M., Žagar, A. & Fritz, U. (2016) -  Phylogeography of the Lacerta viridis complex: mitochondrial and nuclear markers provide taxonomic insights. -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 54 (2): 85-105.