Combinations

• Lacerta oxycephala var. hispanica Steindachner, 1870: 336 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Lacerta muralis hispanica — Boulenger, 1887: 33 [subsequent combination]
• Lacerta hispanica — Schreiber, 1912: 429 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]
• Lacerta (Podarcis) muralis hispanica — Boulenger, 1916: 259 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Lacerta hispanica — Klemmer, 1959 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
• Podarcis hispanica — Arnold, 1973: 344 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
• Podarcis hispanicus — Böhme, 1997: 187 [subsequent combination, correct gender agreement]

Synonyms

• Lacerta muralis steindachneri Bedriaga, 1886: 256 [synonymized by Boulenger (1887: 33)]
  • Lectotype: NMW 16088:1. [designated by Geniez, Cluchier, Sá-Sousa, Guillaume & Crochet (2007: 75)]
  • Type locality: “Monte Agudo bei Murcia und in der Umgebung von Alicante an felsigen Orten; ... bei Almeria und Cartagena. Die für Neu-Kastilien (Navacerrada) und Alt-Kastilien (Basco de Avila) ... sowie auch die von mir bei Alicante beobachteten”, restricted by lectotype designation to “Monte Agudo” by Geniez, Cluchier, Sá-Sousa, Guillaume & Crochet (2007: 75).

Primary references

• Steindachner, F. 1870. Herpetologischen Notizen (II). II. Über einige neue oder seltene Reptilien des Wiener Museums. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 62: 336–350. BHL Reference page. 
• Bedriaga, J. von 1886. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lacertiden-Familie. (Lacerta, Algiroides, Tropidosaura, Zerzumia und Bettaia). Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 14: 17–444. BHL

• Boulenger, G.A. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History) Second edition. Volume 3. Lacertidae, Gerrhosauridae, Scincidae, Anelytropsidae, Dibamidae, Chamaeleontidae. Printed by Order of the Trustees: London. XII + 575 pp., pls I–XL. BHL Reference page. 

• Geniez, P., Cluchier, A., Sá-Sousa, P., Guillaume, C.P. & Crochet, P.-A. 2007. Systematics of the Podarcis hispanicus-complex (Sauria, Lacertidae) I: Redefinition, morphology and distribution of the nominotypical taxon. Herpetological Journal 17(2): 69–80. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Podarcis hispanicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 September 2019.
• Miras, J.A.M., Cheylan, M., Saïd Nouira, M., Joger, U., Sá-Sousa, P., Pérez-Mellado, V. & Martínez-Solano, I. 2009. IUCN: Podarcis hispanicus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61548A12513281. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61548A12513281.en