Lacerta viridis Laurenti, 1768

Number of records.

323 (34.6% of the data).

Number of grid cells.

32 (10.8% of the entire grid; Table 1; Figs 5, 8D, E).

Comments.

This species showed higher values in the percentage of observations than the number of observations per grid cell. It is known mainly from the Buzk’s Gard National Nature Park and near Mykolaiv (Dotsenko and Radchenko 2005; Sillero et al. 2014; Suriadna et al. 2018; Mykytynets et al. 2019). Some records were made in the Inhul River valley (north-eastern part of the Mykolaiv Oblast; Dotsenko and Radchenko 2005; Nekrasova 2013). Most of our own records were along the valley of the Southern Bug River (from Pervomaisk to the estuary). The highest number of records were from Buzk’s Gard National Nature Park (Fig. 10D). In contrast to the other lizards, we found this species often and in high numbers.