Podarcis
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Podarcis is a genus of lizards, known colloquially as wall lizards, in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus Lacerta, to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, Podarcis form a distinct group differing from Lacerta by the construction of the skull and the hemipenis, and by the processes of the caudal vertebrae.[1] Wall lizards are native to Europe and northern Africa, and most species are restricted to the Mediterranean region. Wall lizards diversified and hybridized during the Messinian salinity crisis.[2] The Italian wall lizard and the common wall lizard have been introduced to North America, where they have become intermediate hosts for some Acuariidae larvae.[3]
Species and subspecies
The genus Podarcis contains the following 27 species which are recognized as being valid.[4] A few of the many recognized subspecies are also listed here.
- Bocage's wall lizard, Podarcis bocagei (Seoane, 1885)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Carbonell's wall lizard, Podarcis carbonelli Pérez Mellado, 1981Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Cretan wall lizard, Podarcis cretensis (Wettstein, 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Erhard's wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Maltese wall lizard, Podarcis filfolensis (Bedriaga, 1876)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Skyros wall lizard, Podarcis gaigeae (F. Werner, 1930)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Podarcis galerai Bassitta, Buades, Pérez‐Cembranos, Pérez‐Mellado, Terrasa, Brown, Navarro, Lluch, Ortega, Castro, Picornell, & Ramon, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Podarcis guadarramae (Boscá, 1916)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Iberian wall lizard, Podarcis hispanicus (Steindachner, 1870)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Crimean wall lizard, Podarcis ionicus (Lehrs, 1902)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Pontian wall lizard, Podarcis latastei (Bedriaga, 1879)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Podarcis levendis Lymberakis, Poulakakis, Kaliontzopoulou, Valakos & Mylonas, 2008Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Lilford's wall lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Ratas Island lizard, Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi (L. Müller, 1927)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., extinct, 1950
- Catalan wall lizard, Podarcis liolepis (Boulenger, 1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Podarcis lusitanicus (Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guilliaume, Cluchier, & Crochet, 2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Dalmatian wall lizard, Podarcis melisellensis (Braun, 1877)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Milos wall lizard, Podarcis milensis (Bedriaga, 1882)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Common or European wall lizard, Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Peloponnese wall lizard, Podarcis peloponnesiacus (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Ibiza wall lizard, Podarcis pityusensis (Boscá, 1883)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Aeolian wall lizard, Podarcis raffonei (Mertens, 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Santo Stefano lizard, Podarcis siculus sanctistephani (Mertens, 1926)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., extinct, 1965
- Balkan wall lizard, Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Tyrrhenian wall lizard, Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Andalusian wall lizard, Podarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Podarcis virescens Geniez, Sá-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet, 2014Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Sicilian wall lizard, Podarcis waglerianus (Gistel, 1868)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A binomial authority or trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Podarcis.
References
Further reading
- Wagler J (1830). Natürliches System der AMPHIBIEN, mit vorangehender Classification der SÄUGTHIERE und VÖGEL. Ein Beitrag zur vergleichenden Zoologie. Munich, Stuttgart and Tübingen: J.G. Cotta. vi + 354 pp. + one plate. (Podarcis, new genus, p. 155). (in German and Latin).