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🍀 Ad hoc checklist of alien species in Belgium
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Lacerta viridis / bilineata #19

Closed LienReyserhove closed 6 years ago

LienReyserhove commented 6 years ago

@timadriaens One of the records in the list has the scientific name Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768) / bilineata

Wikipedia tells me this:

There is an ongoing discussion as to whether Lacerta viridis and Lacerta bilineata are separate species. Genetic data weakly supports their separation into two species but more investigation needs to be done.

Still, I think it's best to choose here as two names is a bit confusing...

qgroom commented 6 years ago

Would it be possible to say Lacerta viridis s.l. ? Quentin

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On 4 July 2018 at 17:28, Lien Reyserhove notifications@github.com wrote:

One of the records in the list has the scientific name Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768) / bilineata

Wikipedia tells me this:

There is an ongoing discussion as to whether Lacerta viridis and Lacerta bilineata are separate species. Genetic data weakly supports their separation into two species but more investigation needs to be done.

Still, I think it's best to choose here as two names is a bit confusing...

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LienReyserhove commented 6 years ago

Good suggestion, this works with the gbif name match function. I will integrate this accordingly.

timadriaens commented 6 years ago

The species have effectively been split, and it makes a difference as one is from southwest Europe the other from southeast Europe. But I agree, L. viridis s.l. is ok, and we should set origin generally on "southern Europe" then.

peterdesmet commented 6 years ago

@timadriaens will you update this in the source data?

timadriaens commented 6 years ago

changed to Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768) s.l.