Zootoca vivipara (Jacquin, 1787)
(Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesZootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard)
FamilyLACERTIDAE (lizards)
OrderSQUAMATA (snakes and lizards)
ClassREPTILIA (reptiles)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Zootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard) :
1: Zootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard)
15 Jul 2000 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 20’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Shed skin
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2: Zootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard)
23 Jun 1998 OSGR: SU36 51° 20’ N, 1° 30’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: Head - top viewImage 2: Head - undersideImage 3: Top viewImage 4: Top view (2)Image 5: UndersideImage 6: Underside (2)
3: Zootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard)
5 Dec 1971 OSGR: SE74 53° 60’ N, 0° 50’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Image 1: Side viewImage 2: Top viewImage 3: Head - close-up - enlargedImage 4: Head - close-up - side view - enlargedImage 5: Head - close-up - top view - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Lee, M. 2005 Green Common Lizard from North Cornwall Vol 16, No 4 Page: 277
Revels, R. 2007 Common Lizard Vol 18, No 6 Page: 430
Shaw, A. 2005 Patterned Common Lizard from Kent Vol 16, No 4 Page: 277

Zootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Zootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Zootoca vivipara (Viviparous Lizard, Common Lizard)
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