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| Podarcis vaucheri | |
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Scientific 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] | |
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
[edit]The specific name, vaucheri, is in honor of Swiss botanist Henri Vaucher (1856–1910).[3]
Geographic range
[edit]P. vaucheri is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.[1]
Habitat
[edit]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
[edit]Conservation status
[edit]P. vaucheri is not considered a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ a b Species Podarcis vaucheri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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
[edit]- 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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