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The Tyrrhenian wall lizard (''Podarcis tiliguerta'') is a species of
The Tyrrhenian wall lizard (''Podarcis tiliguerta'') is a species of lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the family Lacertidae
The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group o ...
. The species is native to the islands Corsica
Corsica ( , Upper , Southern ; it, Corsica; ; french: Corse ; lij, Còrsega; sc, Còssiga) is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of ...
and Sardinia and their associated islets. There are ten recognized subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
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Habitat
The natural habitats of ''P. tiliguerta'' are temperate forests, temperateshrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
, 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 theIUCN
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Subspecies
Ten subspecies are recognized as being valid, including thenominotypical subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
. www.reptile-database.org.
*'' Podarcis tiliguerta contii''
*''Podarcis tiliguerta eiselti
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*''Podarcis tiliguerta granchii
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*''Podarcis tiliguerta grandisonae
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*''Podarcis tiliguerta maresi
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*''Podarcis tiliguerta pardii
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*''Podarcis tiliguerta ranzii
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*''Podarcis tiliguerta rudolphisimonii
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*''Podarcis tiliguerta tiliguerta
''Podarcis'' is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus ''Lacerta'', to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, ''Podarcis'' form ...
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*'' Podarcis tiliguerta toro''
'' 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''. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Podarcis tiliguerta granchi'', p. 105).References
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). Podarcis Fauna of Corsica Fauna of Sardinia Lizards of Europe Reptiles described in 1789 Taxa named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{lacertidae-stub