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Tyrrhenian wall lizard

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Tyrrhenian wall lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Podarcis
Species:
P. tiliguerta
Binomial name
Podarcis tiliguerta
(Gmelin, 1789)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta tiliguerta
    Gmelin, 1789
  • Lacerta muralis tiliguerta
    Mertens, 1932
  • Podarcis tiliguerta
    Engelmann et al., 1993
Podarcis tiliguerta, Muséum de Toulouse

The Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the islands Corsica and Sardinia and their associated islets. There are ten recognized subspecies.

Habitat

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The natural habitats of P. tiliguerta are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, temperate grassland, rocky areas, sandy shores, arable land, pastureland, and rural gardens.[1]

Conservation status

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P. tiliguerta is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1]

Subspecies

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Ten subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Podarcis.

Etymology

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The subspecific name, granchii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Edoardo Granchi of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Cheylan, Marc; Corti, Claudia; Sindaco, Roberto; Romano, Antonio (2009). "Podarcis tiliguerta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T157293A5072953. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157293A5072953.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Species Podarcis tiliguerta at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Podarcis tiliguerta granchi, p. 105).

Further reading

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  • Brizzi R, Lanza B (1975). "The natural history of the Macinaggio Islets (northeastern Corsica) with particular reference to their herpetofauna". Natura (Milan) 66 (1–2): 53–72. (Podarcis tiliguerta rudolphisimonii, new subspecies, p. 61). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Gmelin JF (1789). Caroli a Linné Systema naturae. Tom. I. Pars III. Leipzig: G.E. Beer. pp. 1033–1516. (Lacerta tiliguerta, new species, p. 1070). (in Latin).
  • Lanza B (1966). "Su due nuove razze insulari di Lacerta sicula e di Lacerta tiliguerta". Archivio Zoologico Italiano (Naples) 51: 511–522. (Lacerta tiliguerta ranzii, new subspecies, p. 516). (in Italian, with an abstract in English).
  • Lanza B (1972). "The natural history of the Cerbicale Islands (southeastern Corsica) with particular reference to their herpetofauna". Natura (Milan) 63 (4): 345–407. (Lacerta tiliguerta eiselti, new subspecies, p. 381; L. T. grandisonae, new subspecies, p. 387; L. t. maresi, new subspecies, p. 389). (in English, with an abstract in Italian, and quotations in French).
  • Lanza B, Brizzi R (1974). "On two new Corsican microinsular subspecies of Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789) (Reptilia Lacertidae)". Natura (Milan) 65 (3–4): 155–193. (Podarcis tiliguerta granchii, new subspecies, p. 184; P. t. pardii, new subspecies, p. 174). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Lanza B, Brizzi R (1977). "The lizard of Piana di Cavallo Island (southeastern Corsica): Podarcis muralis contii subsp. nova ". Natura (Milan) 68 (3–4): 157–165. (Podarcis muralis contii, new subspecies, p. 158). (in English, with an abstract in Italian).
  • Mertens R (1932). "Zur Verbreitung und Systematik einiger Lacerta-Formen der Apenninischen Halbinsul und der Tyrrhenischen Inselwelt ". Senckenbergiana 14: 235–259. (Lacerta muralis toro, new subspecies, p. 246). (in German).