Lilford's wall lizard

Lilford's wall lizard
Temporal range: 2.58–0 Ma
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Pleistocene – Recent[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[3]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Podarcis
Species:
P. lilfordi
Binomial name
Podarcis lilfordi
(Günther, 1874)
Podarcis lilfordi range
Geographic range
Synonyms[4]
  • Zootoca lilfordi
    Günther, 1874
  • Lacerta lilfordi
    — L. Müller, 1927
  • Podarcis lilfordi
    — Engelmann et al., 1993

Lilford's wall lizard (Podarcis lilfordi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Gymnesian Islands, the easternmost of the Balearic Islands, Spain.

Its natural habitats are temperate Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, and rocky shores. Originally distributed throughout the Gymnesians, the introduction of alien species which started with the Romans has confined the species to the uninhabited islets around the major islands, on almost each of which a local subspecies has evolved. It is threatened by habitat loss.

  1. ^ Bover, Pere (2014). "The Cova des Pas de Vallgornera (Llucmajor, Mallorca): a singular deposit bearing an exceptional well preserved Early Pleistocene vertebrate fauna". International Journal of Speleology. 43 (2): 175–192. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.43.2.6.
  2. ^ Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Podarcis lilfordi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T17795A7481971. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T17795A7481971.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. ^ Species Podarcis lilfordi at The Reptile Database . www.reptile-database.org.