Podarcis vaucheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Podarcis
Species:
P. vaucheri
Binomial name
Podarcis vaucheri
(Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta muralis Var. vaucheri
    Boulenger, 1905
  • Lacerta (Podarcis) bocagei vaucheri
    — Mertens & L. Müller, 1940
  • Lacerta hispanica vaucheri
    — Klemmer, 1959
  • Podarcis hispanica vaucheri
    — Arnold, 1973
  • Podarcis vaucheri
    — Oliverio et al., 2000

Podarcis vaucheri, the Andalusian wall lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to northern Africa and southern Spain.

Etymology

The specific name, vaucheri, is in honor of Swiss botanist Henri Vaucher (1856–1910).[3]

Geographic range

P. vaucheri is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.[1]

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. vaucheri are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas, at altitudes from sea level to 3,100 m (10,200 ft).[1]

Reproduction

P. vaucheri is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

P. vaucheri is not considered a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Mateo JA, Cheylan M, Nouira MS, Joger U, Sá-Sousa P, Pérez Mellado V, Martinez Solano I (2009). Podarcis vaucheri. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009. Downloaded on 01 October 2020.
  2. 1 2 Species Podarcis vaucheri 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 vaucheri, p. 273).

Further reading

  • Boulenger GA (1905). "A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Varieties of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) in Western Europe and North Africa". Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17: 351–420. (Lacerta muralis Var. vaucheri, p. 365).
  • Busack SD, Lawson R, Arjo WM (2005). "Mitochondrial DNA, allozymes, morphology and historical biogeography in the Podarcis vaucheri (Lacertidae) species complex". Amphibia-Reptilia 26 (2): 239–256.
  • Oliverio M, Bologna MA, Mariottini P (2000). "Molecular biogeography of the Mediterranean lizards Podarcis Wagler, 1830 and Teira Gray, 1838 (Reptilia, Lacertidae)" Journal of Biogeography 27: 1403–1420. (Podarcis vaucheri, new status, p. 1404).



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