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

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

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]

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. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b 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).

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