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reptile-database.reptarium.cz
Voir, à l'adresse "https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Zootoca&species=vivipara", le paragraphe "Etymology" qui indique : The genus was named after Greek zoon (= animal) and tokos (= birth, child), and Latin viva (= alive) or vivum, -i (= living things), referring to the viviparous mode of reproduction.