Lacerta siculimelitensis Bohme & Zammit-Maempel, 1982
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: Late Pleistocene.
Distribution
Malta & Sicily.
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Böhme, Wolfgang and Zammit-Maempel, George. (1982). Lacerta siculimelitensis sp. n. (Sauria: Lacertidae), a giant lizard from the Late Pleistocene of Malta. Amphibia-Reptilia 3(2/3): 257-268. [Abstract]
Other references:
Hunt, Christopher O. and Schembri, Patrick J. (1999). Quaternary environments and biogeography of the Maltese Islands, pp. 41-75. In: Mifsud, A. and Savona Ventura, C. (eds.). Facets of Maltese Prehistory. Malta: The Prehistoric Society of Malta, vii + 243 pp.