Tyrrhenian wall lizard explained

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.

Conservation status

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

Subspecies

Ten subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[1]

• Podarcis tiliguerta contii
• Podarcis tiliguerta eiselti
• Podarcis tiliguerta granchii
• Podarcis tiliguerta grandisonae
• Podarcis tiliguerta maresi
• Podarcis tiliguerta pardii
• Podarcis tiliguerta ranzii
• Podarcis tiliguerta rudolphisimonii
• Podarcis tiliguerta tiliguerta
• 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.^[2]

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).

Notes and References

1. www.reptile-database.org.
2. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]