Podarcis vaucheri

Podarcis vaucheri, the Andalusian wall lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to northern Africa and southern Spain.

Podarcis vaucheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Podarcis
Species:
P. vaucheri
Binomial name
Podarcis vaucheri
(Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta muralis Var. vaucheri
    Boulenger, 1905
  • Lacerta (Podarcis) bocagei vaucheri
    — Mertens & L. Müller, 1940
  • Lacerta hispanica vaucheri
    — Klemmer, 1959
  • Podarcis hispanica vaucheri
    — Arnold, 1973
  • Podarcis vaucheri
    — Oliverio et al., 2000

Etymology

The specific name, vaucheri, is in honor of Swiss botanist Henri Vaucher (1856–1910).[3]

Geographic range

P. vaucheri is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. vaucheri are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas, at altitudes from sea level to 3,100 m (10,200 ft).[1]

Reproduction

P. vaucheri is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

P. vaucheri is not considered a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[1]

References
  1. Mateo JA, Cheylan M, Nouira MS, Joger U, Sá-Sousa P, Pérez Mellado V, Martinez Solano I (2009). Podarcis vaucheri. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009. Downloaded on 01 October 2020.
  2. Species Podarcis vaucheri 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 vaucheri, p. 273).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1905). "A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Varieties of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) in Western Europe and North Africa". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17: 351–420. (Lacerta muralis Var. vaucheri, p. 365).
  • Busack SD, Lawson R, Arjo WM (2005). "Mitochondrial DNA, allozymes, morphology and historical biogeography in the Podarcis vaucheri (Lacertidae) species complex". Amphibia-Reptilia 26 (2): 239–256.
  • Oliverio M, Bologna MA, Mariottini P (2000). "Molecular biogeography of the Mediterranean lizards Podarcis Wagler, 1830 and Teira Gray, 1838 (Reptilia, Lacertidae)" Journal of Biogeography 27: 1403–1420. (Podarcis vaucheri, new status, p. 1404).



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.