Podarcis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Lacertidae
- Genus
- Podarcis
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Podarcis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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.
...Podarcis in languages:
- Czech
- ještěrka
- Danish
- Murfirben
- Dutch
- muurhagedis
- Finnish
- Muurisisiliskot
- German
- Mauereidechsen
- Italian
- Lucertole
- Japanese
- カベカナヘビ属
- Modern Greek
- Ποδάρκης
- Russian
- Стенные ящерицы
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
Child Taxa
- Podarcis bocagei
- Podarcis carbonelli
- Podarcis cretensis
- Podarcis erhardii
- Podarcis filfolensis
- Podarcis gaigeae
- Podarcis galerai
- Podarcis guadarramae
- Podarcis hispanicus
- Podarcis ionicus
- Podarcis latastei
- Podarcis levendis
- Podarcis lilfordi
- Podarcis liolepis
- Podarcis melisellensis
- Podarcis milensis
- Podarcis muralis
- Podarcis peloponnesiacus
- Podarcis pityusensis
- Podarcis raffonei
- Podarcis siculus
- Podarcis tauricus
- Podarcis tiliguerta
- Podarcis vaucheri
- Podarcis virescens
- Podarcis waglerianus































































































































































