''Dinarolacerta montenegrina'', also known as Prokletije rock lizard, is a species of

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

in the family

Lacertidae The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group o ...

. It is known with certainty only from the Prokletije mountain massif in

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. The identity of a population of similar lizards in Albania needs confirmation. ''Dinarolacerta montenegrina'' was first described in 2007. It differs genetically and morphologically from the most closely related species, ''

Dinarolacerta mosorensis The Mosor rock lizard (''Dinarolacerta mosorensis'') is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, and Montenegro. Its natural habitats are boreal forests, temperate forests, temperate sh ...

'': in the exterior morphology, it is smaller; it has only one postnasal scale on one or both sides of its head; it has fewer temporal and postocular scales. The skeleton differs from ''D. mosorensis'' by its reduced supraocular osteoderms and the absence of an anteromedial process on the postocular bone. ''Dinarolacerta montenegrina'' is known from debris fields and large rock outcrops at elevations of about

above sea level Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''. The comb ...

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3028268 Lacertidae Lizards of Europe Endemic fauna of Montenegro Reptiles described in 2007 Taxa named by Katarina Ljubisavljević Taxa named by Oscar J. Arribas Taxa named by Georg Džukic Taxa named by Salvador Carranza