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Podarcis
Podarcis is a genus of lizards, known colloquially as wall lizards, in the family Lacertidae. Its members look very similar to lizards of the genus Lacerta, to which they were considered to belong until the 1970s. While similar externally and ecologically, Podarcis form a distinct group differing from Lacerta by the construction of the skull and the hemipenis, and by the processes of the caudal vertebrae. Wall lizards are native to Europe and northern Africa, and most species are restricted to the Mediterranean region. Wall lizards diversified and hybridized during the Messinian salinity crisis. The Italian wall lizard and the common wall lizard have been introduced to North America, where they have become intermediate hosts for some Acuariidae larvae.
28 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 28 known species
Common Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis muralis
Italian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis siculus
Catalonian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis liolepis
Green Iberian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis virescens
Bocage's Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis bocagei
Tyrrhenian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis tiliguerta
Podarcis lusitanicus
speciesPodarcis lusitanicus
Andalusian wall lizard
speciesPodarcis vaucheri
Dalmatian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis melisellensis
Guadarrama Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis guadarramae
Erhard's Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis erhardii
Balkan Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis tauricus
Filfola Lizard
speciesPodarcis filfolensis
Ibiza Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis pityusensis
Peloponnese Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis peloponnesiacus
Carbonell’s Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis carbonelli
Lilford's Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis lilfordi
Ionian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis ionicus
Cretan Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis cretensis
Spanish Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis hispanicus
Sicilian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis waglerianus
Eastern Peloponnese Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis thais
Milos Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis milensis
Skyros Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis gaigeae
Pontian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis latastei
Aeolian Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis raffonei
Pori Wall Lizard
speciesPodarcis levendis
Podarcis galerai
speciesPodarcis galerai
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 35526.