Podarcis cretensis

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Cretan wall lizard
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Cretan wall lizard in Elafonisi, Crete
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertoidea
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Podarcis
Species:
P. cretensis
Binomial name
Podarcis cretensis
(Wettstein, 1952)
Synonyms

Lacerta erhardii cretensisWettstein, 1952

Podarcis cretensis, the Cretan wall lizard, is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to Crete (including its satellite islands). [1] [2] [3]

Until 2008, these lizards were considered a subspecies of Podarcis erhardii . [2] Genetic analysis, however, revealed that it is a separate species closely related to Podarcis peloponnesiacus . [3] [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Bowles, P. (2024). "Podarcis cretensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2024 e.T157252A207654264. Retrieved 8 December 2024.
  2. 1 2 Podarcis cretensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 30 June 2017.
  3. 1 2 Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N.; Kaliontzopoulou, A.; Valakos, E.; Mylonas, M. (2008). "Two new species of Podarcis (Squamata; Lacertidae) from Greece". Systematics and Biodiversity. 6 (3): 307–318. doi:10.1017/S1477200008002727.
  4. ↑ Birgit Oefinger; Peter Oefinger. "Podarcis cretensis / Cretan Wall Lizard". The reptile pages of Birgit & Peter Oefinger. Retrieved 30 June 2017.
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