Podarcis vaucheri

Podarcis vaucheri
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
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
	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[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]

P. vaucheri is oviparous.^[2]

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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[iucn-1] 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.

[RDB-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).

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