. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Gymnophthalmidae) and appears therefore much more re- stricted than the Linnean Lacerta. Laurenti's splitting had still an earlier forerunner in Garsaulfs (1764) long forgotten and just rediscovered work "Les Figures des Plantes et Animaux" here concern- ing in particular the French herpetofauna around Paris in ten plates (see Welter-Schultes et al. 2008, 2009; Dubois & Bour 2010; Fig. 5 hoc loco). Garsault (1764) used the species names Lacertus terrestris (now: Podarcis muralis (Laurenti); nomen conservandum), Lacertus viridis (now: Lacerta b
. Bonn zoological bulletin. Zoology. Gymnophthalmidae) and appears therefore much more re- stricted than the Linnean Lacerta. Laurenti's splitting had still an earlier forerunner in Garsaulfs (1764) long forgotten and just rediscovered work "Les Figures des Plantes et Animaux" here concern- ing in particular the French herpetofauna around Paris in ten plates (see Welter-Schultes et al. 2008, 2009; Dubois & Bour 2010; Fig. 5 hoc loco). Garsault (1764) used the species names Lacertus terrestris (now: Podarcis muralis (Laurenti); nomen conservandum), Lacertus viridis (now: Lacerta bilineata Daudin; nomen conservandum), the genus names Scincus, Salamandra (with the French name "salamandre" behind; depicting Salamandra salamandra terrestris Bonnaterre). A certain systematic unstableness is however unmistakable when depicting the crested newt (today Triturus cristatus (Laurenti), nomen conservan- dum) under the Latin nomen Lacertus aquatilis, but simul- taneously under its French name "Salamandre d'eau". Valmont de Bomare in the second issue of his "Diction- naire d'Histoire Naturelle1, (1767/68) added for the first time Latin names to the French names. There appear like- wise considerable systematic inconsequences: On the one hand, under the key word and generic name "Lezard / Lac-. Fig. 5. "Lacertus terrestris" (= Podarcis muralis; western subspecies) from Garsault (1764), a forerunner of Laurenti (1768), having been rediscovered in the last years (see Dubois & Bour 2010). Copper engraving. - The pattern of the upper head scutel- lation (right figure) is not yet perfect; the frontal and postfrontals are not executed within the central part of the pileus. Bonn zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 307-328 ©ZFMK. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original
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