Podarcis galerai BASSITTA, BUADES, PÉREZ-CEMBRANOS, PÉREZ-MELLADO, TERRASA, BROWN, NAVARRO, LLUCH, ORTEGA, CASTRO, PICORNELL & RAMON, 2020
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Podarcis galerai
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Podarcis galerai BASSITTA, BUADES, PÉREZ-CEMBRANOS, PÉREZ-MELLADO, TERRASA, BROWN, NAVARRO, LLUCH, ORTEGA, CASTRO, PICORNELL & RAMON 2020 |
| Distribution | SE Spain Type locality: village of Galera (Granada province, Spain) |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CHUS 01140319 (Colección Herpetológica de la Universidad de Salamanca), adult male, captured by Ana Pérez-Cembranos and Valentín Pérez-Mellado on 14 September 2019. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A small wall lizard with <53 mm of SVL (see Table S2 for averages, maximum and minimum values of morpho-metric and scalations characters). Dorsal pattern and colour very variable among localities and even within a given population. Dorsum always light or dark brown, greyish or even reddish, never green. Light dorsolateral stripes that can continue or not over parietal plates of the head. Supra-dorsolateral stripes dark brown or black, present in almost all individuals. As in other Iberian Podarcis, light dorsolateral stripes are better defined in adult females. Upper half of flanks with a light brown spotted with small dark brown or black dashes, profusely reticulated with black spots or uniformly black, particularly in adult females. Lower half of flanks with a light brown sparsely spotted with brown or black small spots. Between upper and lower half of flanks, frequently there is a light brown stripe, again better defined in adult females. Vertebral line is present in only a half of individuals (Table S2). When present, vertebral line is frequently bifurcated, especially on the upper half of dorsum. In a majority of adult individuals (Table S2), belly is white or grey. However, a minor proportion of lizards shows a yellowish or even an orange belly (Table S3 and Figure S1). More than 40% of adult males have blue ocelli on outer ventral scales. Masseteric plate is absent. Juveniles, many adult females and even some adult males, can have a blue or greenish tail, sharply contrasted with brown dorsum (Bassitta et al. 2020: 679). |
| Comment | Distribution: see map in Bassitta et al. 2020: 670 (Fig. 1). Status: the status of this species is somewhat doubtful because P. galerai and P. hispanicus are not reproductively isolated and show high levels of introgression. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality. |
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