Algyroides
| Algyroides | |
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| Algyroides nigropunctatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertoidea |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Bibron & Bory, 1833[1] |
| Type species | |
| Algyroides moreoticus | |
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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
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- ^ "Algyroides ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Lacertidae.
- ^ Johnston, George (1838). Magazine of Zoology and Botany. Volume Second. Edinburgh: W.H. Lizars. p. 354. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Genus Algyroides at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.