Western Europe and western central Europe. 

Subspecies:

Lacerta agilis agilis  LINNAEUS, 1758

Synonyms:

Lacerta pardus  RAZOUMOWSKY, 1789

Lacerta stirpium  DAUDIN, 1802

Lacerta agilis grisea  HERMANN, 1804

Lacerta anguiformis  SHEPPARD, 1804

Lacerta sepium  BORY, 1828

Lacerta italica  GISTEL, 1868

Lacerta kochi  GISTEL, 1868

Lacerta agilis var. ocellata  F. MÜLLER, 1877

Lacerta stirpium var. atrata  F. MÜLLER, 1878

Lacerta agilis var. immaculata  DÜRIGEN, 1897

Lacerta agilis var. albolineata  DÜRIGEN, 1897 (part.)

Lacerta agilis var. nigricans  DÜRIGEN, 1897 (part.)

Types:

Holotype: NRM (RMS, Royal Museum Stockholm)

Terra Typica:

Type locality: South Sweden


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Linnaeus, C. (1758) -  Description of Lacerta agilis and Lacerta algira (= Psammodromus algirus).  -  In: Systema naturae pr regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 10th Edition. pp. 203.   

  • Bischoff, W. (1988) -  Zur Verbreitung und Systematik der Zauneidechse, Lacerta agilis LINNAEUS, 1758. -  Mertensiella, Bonn, 1: 11-30.