Tyrrhenian wall lizard

Tyrrhenian wall lizard
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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
	Lacerta tiliguerta ; Gmelin, 1789; Lacerta muralis tiliguerta ; — Mertens, 1932; Podarcis tiliguerta ; — Engelmann et al., 1993;

The Tyrrhenian wall lizard (Podarcis tiliguerta) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the islands Sardinia and Corsica.

Habitat

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.

Conservation status

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

Subspecies

Ten subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[1]

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

The subspecific name, granchii, is in honor of Italian herpetologist Edoardo Granchi of the Museo di Storia Naturale di Firenze.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "Podarcis tiliguerta ". 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).

External links

Cheylan M, Corti C (2005). Podarcis tiliguerta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 17 May 2013.

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[RDB-1] "Podarcis tiliguerta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[2] 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).

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