Podarcis
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| Common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Podarcis Wagler, 1830[1][2][3] |
Podarcis is a genus of lizards. 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.[4] They are commonly known as wall lizards. They are native to Europe and northern Africa, and most species are restricted to the Mediterranean region. The Italian wall lizard and the common wall lizard have been introduced to North America.
Classification
Genus Podarcis
- Bocage's wall lizard, Podarcis bocagei
- Carbonell's wall lizard, Podarcis carbonelli
- Cretan wall lizard, Podarcis cretensis
- Erhard's wall lizard, Podarcis erhardii
- Maltese wall lizard, Podarcis filfolensis
- Skyros wall lizard, Podarcis gaigeae (formerly in P. taurica)
- Podarcis guadarramae
- Iberian wall lizard, Podarcis hispanicus
- Podarcis levendis
- Lilford's wall lizard, Podarcis lilfordi
- Catalan wall lizard, Podarcis liolepis
- Dalmatian wall lizard, Podarcis melisellensis
- Milos wall lizard, Podarcis milensis
- Common or European wall lizard, Podarcis muralis
- Peloponnese wall lizard, Podarcis peloponnesiacus
- Ibiza wall lizard, Podarcis pityusensis
- Aeolian wall lizard, Podarcis raffonei
- Italian wall lizard, Podarcis siculus
- Santo Stefano lizard, Podarcis sicula sanctistephani (extinct, 1965)
- Balkan wall lizard, Podarcis tauricus
- Tyrrhenian wall lizard, Podarcis tiliguerta
- Andalusian wall lizard, Podarcis vaucheri
- Geniez's wall lizard, Podarcis virescens
- Sicilian wall lizard, Podarcis waglerianus
References
- ^ ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). www.itis.gov.
- ^ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de.
- ^ Wendler, Günter Diesener ; Josef Reichholf. Hrsg. von Gunter Steinbach. Ill. von Fritz (1996). Lurche und Kriechtiere (Neue, bearb. Sonderausg. ed.). München: Mosaik-Verl. ISBN 3-576-10697-9.
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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. (Genus Podarcis, p. 155).
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