It has several subspecies, the westernmost of which is "L. a. agilis". In this and the other main western subspecies ("L. a. argus"), the dorsal stripe is thin and interrupted, or not present at all. This applies particularly to the latter subspecies, which also includes a plain red or brown-backed phase without any dorsal markings. In these two subspecies, only the flanks of the males turn green in the mating season, but in the eastern subspecies (predominantly "L. a. exigua"), males can be wholly green, even outside the breeding season.