Distribution by country

Türkiye: 52 species

Acanthodactylus boskianus euphraticus BOULENGER, 1919
Acanthodactylus harranensis BARAN et al., 2005
Acanthodactylus ilgazi KURNAZ & SAHIN, 2021
Acanthodactylus schreiberi BOULENGER, 1878
Anatololacerta anatolica anatolica (WERNER, 1900)
Anatololacerta danfordi (GÜNTHER, 1876)
Anatololacerta finikensis (EISELT & SCHMIDTLER, 1986)
Anatololacerta ibrahimi (EISELT & SCHMIDTLER, 1986)
Anatololacerta pelasgiana (MERTENS, 1959)
Apathya cappadocica cappadocica (WERNER, 1902)
Apathya cappadocica muhtari (EISELT, 1979)
Apathya cappadocica schmidtlerorum (EISELT, 1979)
Apathya cappadocica urmiana (LANTZ & SUCHOW, 1934)
Apathya cappadocica wolteri (BIRD, 1936)
Darevskia adjarica (DAREVSKY & EISELT, 1980)
Darevskia armeniaca (MÉHELY, 1909)
Darevskia bendimahiensis (SCHMIDTLER et al., 1994)
Darevskia bithynica bithynica (MÉHELY, 1909)
Darevskia bithynica tristis (LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1936)
Darevskia clarkorum (DAREVSKY & VEDMEDERJA, 1977)
Darevskia derjugini derjugini (NIKOLSKY, 1898)
Darevskia derjugini barani (BISCHOFF, 1982)
Darevskia derjugini ssp.
Darevskia dryada (DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV, 1997)
Darevskia josefschmidtleri ARRIBAS et al., 2022
Darevskia mirabilis ARRIBAS, ILGAZ, KUMLUTAS, DURMUS, AVCI & ÜZÜM, 2013
Darevskia mixta (MÉHELY, 1909)
Darevskia nairensis (DAREVSKY, 1967)
Darevskia parvula (LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1913)
Darevskia pontica (LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1918)
Darevskia raddei vanensis (EISELT, SCHMIDTLER & DAREVSKY, 1993)
Darevskia raddei Ararat Population
Darevskia rudis rudis (BEDRIAGA, 1886)
Darevskia rudis bischoffi (BÖHME & BUDAK, 1977)
Darevskia rudis obscura (LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1936)
Darevskia rudis macromaculata (DAREVSKY, 1967)
Darevskia rudis bolkardaghica ARRIBAS et al., 2013
Darevskia rudis lantzicyreni (DAREVSKY & EISELT, 1967)
Darevskia salihae KURNAZ, ŞAHIN & EROĞLU, 2022

Darevskia sapphirina (SCHMIDTLER et al., 1994)
Darevskia spitzenbergerae spitzenbergerae (EISELT, DAREVSKY & SCHMIDTLER, 1992)
Darevskia spitzenbergerae wernermayeri ARRIBAS et al., 2022
Darevskia tuniyevi ARRIBAS et al., 2022
Darevskia unisexualis (DAREVSKY, 1966)
Darevskia uzzelli (DAREVSKY & DANIELYAN, 1977)
Darevskia valentini (BOETTGER, 1892)
Eremias arguta transcaucasica DAREVSKY, 1953
Eremias pleskei BEDRIAGA, 1905
Eremias strauchi KESSLER, 1878
Eremias suphani BAŞOĞLU & HELLMICH, 1968
Iranolacerta brandtii brandtii (DE FELIPPI, 1863)
Lacerta agilis brevicaudata PETERS, 1958
Lacerta agilis grusinica PETERS, 1960
Lacerta diplochondrodes diplochondrodes Wettstein, 1952
Lacerta diplochondrodes cariensis PETERS, 1964
Lacerta diplochondrodes dobrogica FUHN & MERTENS, 1959
Lacerta diplochondrodes galatiensis PETERS, 1964
Lacerta media media LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1920
Lacerta media ciliciensis SCHMIDTLER,1975
Lacerta media isaurica SCHMIDTLER,1975
Lacerta media wolterstorffi MERTENS, 1922
Lacerta pamphylica SCHMIDTLER, 1975
Lacerta strigata EICHWALD, 1831
Lacerta viridis meridionalis CYRÉN, 1933
Lacerta viridis viridis (LAURENTI, 1768)
Mesalina microlepis (ANGEL, 1936)
Ophisops elegans elegans MÉNÉTRIÉS, 1832
Ophisops elegans basoglui BARAN & BUDAK, 1978
Ophisops elegans centralanatoliae BODENHEIMER, 1944
Ophisops elegans ehrenbergii (WIEGMANN, 1835)
Ophisops elegans macrodactylus BERTHOLD, 1842
Parvilacerta parva (BOULENGER, 1887)
Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa (SCHMIDTLER & BISCHOFF, 1999)
Phoenicolacerta laevis (GRAY, 1838)
Podarcis muralis muralis (LAURENTI, 1768)
Podarcis siculus siculus (RAFINESQUE-SCHMALTZ, 1810)
Podarcis tauricus (PALLAS, 1814)
Timon kurdistanicus (SUCHOW, 1936)

Phoenicolacerta laevis

(GRAY, 1838)

SE Türkiye (central taurus and Hatay), Introductions between Aydıncık (middle south coast) to Tekirova (lycian coast) as well in İçmeler, Marmaris, Kuşadası and Özdere in the southwest part of Türkiye.

Source: Bischoff, W. & Franzen, M. (1993) - Einige Bemerkungen zur Syrischen Eidechse Lacerta laevis GRAY, 1838 in der südlichen Türkei. - herpetofauna, 15 (87): 27-34.

Troidl, S. & Troidl, A. (2008) - Erster Nachweis der Syrischen Eidechse, Phoenicolacerta laevis, bei Side und Manavgat.

Troidl, S. & Troidl, A. (2011) - Neue Nachweise der Syrischen Eidechse, Phoenicolacerta laevis, an der lykischen Küste zwischen Tekirova und Beldibi (Türkei). - Bonn, 22 (2): 33-38.

Georgia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Türkiye

Phoenicolacerta laevis: 143 references