Tyrrhenian wall lizard

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.

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
Tyrrhenian wall lizard in Sardinia, Italy.
Podarcis tiliguerta, Muséum de Toulouse

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.[1]

Conservation status

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

Subspecies

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

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

References
  1. 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. 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
  • 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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