Algyroides

Algyroides
Algyroides nigropunctatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Subfamily:	Lacertinae
Genus:	Algyroides Bibron & Bory, 1833 [1]
Type species
Algyroides moreoticus Bibron & Bory, 1833
Species
See text.

Algyroides is a genus of lizards, commonly called keeled lizards, ^[2] in the subfamily Lacertinae of the family Lacertidae. Species of the genus Algyroides are native to southern Europe.

Species

The following species are recognised as being valid. ^[3]

• Algyroides fitzingeri (Wiegmann, 1834) – Fitzinger's algyroides
• Algyroides hidalgoi Boscá, 1916 – Spanish algyroides, Spanish keeled lizard
• Algyroides moreoticus Bibron & Bory, 1833 – Greek algyroides, Greek keeled lizard
• Algyroides nigropunctatus A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839 – Dalmatian algyroides, blue-throated keeled lizard

References

1. "Algyroides ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
2. Johnston, George (1838). Magazine of Zoology and Botany. Volume Second. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 354. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
3. Genus Algyroides at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.