Podarcis
(Redirected from
Wall lizards
) | This article needs additional citations for verification. (March 2016) |
| Podarcis Temporal range: Pleistocene – Recent[1]
| |
|---|---|
_(2682438753).jpg)
| |
| Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Podarcis Wagler, 1830[2][3][4] |
Podarcis is a
common wall lizard have been introduced to North America, where they have become intermediate hosts for some Acuariidae larvae.[7]
Species and subspecies
The genus Podarcis contains the following 27 species which are recognized as being valid.[3] A few of the many recognized subspecies are also listed here.
- Podarcis bocagei (Seoane, 1885)
- Carbonell's wall lizard, Podarcis carbonelli Pérez Mellado, 1981
- Cretan wall lizard, Podarcis cretensis (Wettstein, 1952)
- Podarcis erhardii (Bedriaga, 1882)
- Podarcis filfolensis(Bedriaga, 1876)
- Podarcis gaigeae (F. Werner, 1930)
- Podarcis galerai Bassitta, Buades, Pérez‐Cembranos, Pérez‐Mellado, Terrasa, Brown, Navarro, Lluch, Ortega, Castro, Picornell, & Ramon, 2020
- Podarcis guadarramae (Boscá, 1916)
- Iberian wall lizard, Podarcis hispanicus (Steindachner, 1870)
- Crimean wall lizard, Podarcis ionicus(Lehrs, 1902)
- Podarcis latastei(Bedriaga, 1879)
- Podarcis levendis Lymberakis, Poulakakis, Kaliontzopoulou, Valakos & Mylonas, 2008
- Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874)
- extinct, 1950
- Catalan wall lizard, Podarcis liolepis (Boulenger, 1905)
- Podarcis lusitanicus (Geniez, Sa-Sousa, Guilliaume, Cluchier, & Crochet, 2014)
- Podarcis melisellensis (Braun, 1877)
- Podarcis milensis(Bedriaga, 1882)
- Common or European wall lizard, Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768)
- Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)
- Podarcis pityusensis(Boscá, 1883)
- Podarcis raffonei (Mertens, 1952)
- Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810)
- Santo Stefano lizard, Podarcis siculus sanctistephani (Mertens, 1926), extinct, 1965
- Balkan wall lizard, Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814)
- Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789)
- Andalusian wall lizard, Podarcis vaucheri(Boulenger, 1905)
- Podarcis virescens Geniez, Sá-Sousa, Guillaume, Cluchier & Crochet, 2014
- Podarcis waglerianus (Gistel, 1868)
trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species or subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Podarcis.
References
- .
- ^ "Podarcis ". ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ a b Genus Podarcis at The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ "Podarcis ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ISBN 3-576-10697-9.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ Schuster, Ruth (2021-05-19). "Why Wall Lizards Are the Most Successful Reptile in the Mediterranean". Haaretz. Haaretz English Edition. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
- S2CID 86797774. Retrieved 2021-05-20.
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Podarcis.
- 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).