Tyrrhenian wall lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Podarcis |
| Species: | P. tiliguerta
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| Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789)
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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
[edit]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
[edit]P. tiliguerta is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.[1]
Subspecies
[edit]Ten subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Podarcis tiliguerta contii Lanza & Brizzi, 1977
- Podarcis tiliguerta eiselti (Lanza, 1972)
- Podarcis tiliguerta granchii Lanza & Brizzi, 1974
- Podarcis tiliguerta grandisonae (Lanza, 1972)
- Podarcis tiliguerta maresi (Lanza, 1972)
- Podarcis tiliguerta pardii Lanza & Brizzi, 1974
- Podarcis tiliguerta ranzii (Lanza, 1966)
- Podarcis tiliguerta rudolphisimonii Brizzi & Lanza, 1975
- Podarcis tiliguerta tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789)
- Podarcis tiliguerta toro (Mertens, 1932)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Podarcis.
Etymology
[edit]The subspecific name, granchii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Edoardo Granchi of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Species Podarcis tiliguerta at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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).
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