Home - Taxonomy - Geography - Biodiversity - Literature - Purchase RepFocus Recent updates Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update: December 31st, 2022. Taxonomy of the family Lacertidae Bibliography of the genus Archaeolacerta Biodiversity of the family Lacertidae Genus Archaeolacerta Tyrrhenian Mountain Lizard Tyrrhenische Gebirgseidechse Tyrrhensk Klippefirben 1921 Archaeolacerta Mertens (type species: Lacerta oxycephala bedriagae Camerano 1885) Contents: 1 species, which is not endemic. Endemism: 0% 100% Remarks: Previously regarded as a synonym of Lacerta (e.g.; Arnold 1989). Already Lanza, Cei & Crespo (1977) proposed revalidation as a separate genus, however, the proposal did not gain general acceptance until supported by Arribas (1997) and Arnold, Arribas & Carranza (2007). Some authors prefer to retain it as a subgenus of Lacerta (e.g., Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008). Distribution: As for the single species. Archaeolacerta bedriagae Tyrrhenian Mountain Lizard, (Bedriaga's Rock Lizard) Tyrrhenische Gebirgseidechse Tyrrhensk Klippefirben 1885 Lacerta oxycephala bedriagae Camerano Lacerta bedriagae Bedriaga 1886 Lacerta muralis bedriagae Boulenger 1887 Archaeolacerta bedriagae Lanza, Cei & Crespo 1977 1881 Lacerta oxycephala reticulata Bedriaga [not Lacerta muralis reticulata Schreiber 1875] (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) 1903 Lacerta sardoa Peracca (Mertens & Wermuth 1960) Lacerta bedriagae sardoa Mertens & Müller 1928 Archaeolacerta bedriagae sardoa Bischoff 2001 1927 Lacerta bedriagae paessleri Mertens Archaeolacerta bedriagae paessleri Bischoff 2001 1961 Lacerta bedriagae ferrerae Stemmler Archaeolacerta bedriagae ferrerae Bischoff 2001 Distribution: France (Corsica), Italy (Sardinia).