Dinarolacerta montenegrina

Dinarolacerta montenegrina, or Prokletije rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Montenegro and Albania.[2] It was first described in 2007.[3] It differs genetically and morphologically from the most closely related species, Dinarolacerta mosorensis: in the exterior morphology, it is smaller; it has only one postnasal scale on one or both sides of its head; it has fewer temporal and postocular scales.[3] The skeleton differs from D. mosorensis by its reduced supraocular osteoderms and the absence of an anteromedial process on the postocular bone.[3]

Dinarolacerta montenegrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Dinarolacerta
Species:
D. montenegrina
Binomial name
Dinarolacerta montenegrina
Ljubisavljević, Arribas, Dšukić, Carranza, 2007
Synonyms[2]

Lacerta mosorensis Dzukic et al., 1997 (in part)

References

  1. Crnobrnja-Isailović, J. & Bowles, P. 2011. Dinarolacerta montenegrina. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T196001A8989716. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T196001A8989716.en. Downloaded on 27 May 2019.
  2. Dinarolacerta mosorensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 2018-11-20.
  3. Ljubisavljević, Katarina; Arribas, Oscar; Dšukić, Georg; Carranza, Salvador (12 October 2007). "Genetic and morphological differentiation of Mosor rock lizards, Dinarolacerta mosorensis (Kolombatović, 1886), with the description of a new species from the Prokletije Mountain Massif (Montenegro) (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zootaxa. 1613 (1). ISSN 1175-5334.
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