Lacertus Garsault, 1764
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The spelling Lacertus used by Garsault (1764: pl. 668, 669, 674; table, p. 14) for his genus accommodating the “Lézards” is distinct from Lacerta Linnaeus, 1758 . It was consistently used by the author in this work and the following ones ( Garsault 1765, 1767) and therefore cannot be considered as an incorrect subsequent spelling as stated by Welter-Schultes & Klug (2009: 234) or a typographical error. The spelling Lacertus had a common pre-Linnaean usage and appeared in particular in sources of Garsault that we identified above (e.g. Gessner 1554, 1587; Schröder 1672; Ray 1693). This spelling was also used by de la Cepède (1788 c: 447), to whom this neonym was previously credited ( David et al. 2002: 24). Following the criteria provided by Dubois (1987), we consider it as an autoneonym of Lacerta Linnaeus, 1758 (family LACERTIDAE Batsch, 1788 2). Therefore, the nominal species Lacerta agilis Linnaeus, 1758 , being the nucleospecies of Lacerta by subsequent designation of Fitzinger (1843: 20), is also that of Lacertus .
Garsault (1764) illustrated three nominal species, easily identifiable, in the genus Lacertus : Lacertus aquatilis , Lacertus terrestris and Lacertus viridis . These are discussed successively below.
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