Spain / Balearic Islands / Menorca / Illa de l’Aire. 

Evolutionarily significant unit:

Podarcis lilfordi

    Illa de l’Aire ESU  (GÜNTHER, 1874)

Synonyms:

Zootoca Lilfordi   GÜNTHER, 1874

Lacerta Lilfordi   BRAUN, 1877

Lacerta muralis Var. Lilfordi   BEDRIAGA, 1879

Lacerta muralis lilfordi   BOULENGER, 1905

Podarcis lilfordi lilfordi   MERTENS, 1921

Illa de l’Aire ESU   PÉREZ-CEMBRANOS et al., 2020

Types:

Holotype: unlocated

Terra Typica:

Ayre Island on the south-east of Minorca (GÜNTHER 1874).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Günther, A. (1874) -  Description of a new european species of Zootoca. -  The Annals and magazine of natural history, (4) 14: 158-159.  

  • Braun, M. (1877) -  Lacerta lilfordi und Lacerta muralis. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Reptilienfauna der kleinen Inseln des Mittelmeeres. -  Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-zootomischen Institut in Würzburg, 4 (1): 1-66.    

  • Bedriaga, J. von (1879) -  Herpetologische Studien (Fortsetzung). -  Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 45 (1): 243-339.    

  • Boulenger, G.A. (1905) -  Balearic Islands -  In: “A contribution to the knowledge of the varieties of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) in western Europe and North Africa”. - Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 17: 369-376.     

  • Mertens, R. (1921) -  Eine neue Eidechse von den Pityusen. -  Senckenbergiana, Frankfurt/Main, 3: 142-146.    

  • Pérez-Cembranos, A. & Pérez-Mellado, V. & Alemany, I. & Bassitta, M. & Terrasa, B. & Picornell, A. & Castro, J.A. & Brown, R.P. & Ramon, C. (2020) -  Morphological and genetic diversity of the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874): Is it relevant to its conservation? -  Diversity and Distributions. https://doi. org/10.1111/ddi.13107     

 
 

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