Podarcis peloponnesiacus (BIBRON & BORY, 1833)
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Podarcis peloponnesiacus
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | Podarcis peloponnesiacus lais (BUCHHOLZ 1960) Podarcis peloponnesiacus peloponnesiacus (BIBRON & BORY 1833) Podarcis peloponnesiacus thais (BUCHHOLZ 1960) |
| Common Names | E: Peloponnese Wall Lizard G: Peloponnesische Eidechse |
| Synonym | Lacerta peloponnesiaca BIBRON & BORY 1833: 66 Lacerta peloponnesiaca — WERNER 1895: 470 Podarcis peloponnesiaca — BOULENGER 1920: 159 Podarcis peloponnesiaca — BISCHOFF & BISCHOFF 1980 Podarcis peloponnesiaca — ENGELMANN et al 1993 Podarcis peloponnesiaca — PLESSAS 2002 Podarcis peloponnesiacus — BÖHME & KÖHLER 2005 Podarcis peloponnesiacus — PSONIS et al. 2021 Podarcis peloponnesiacus lais (BUCHHOLZ, 1960) Lacerta peloponnesiaca lais BUCHHOLZ, 1960 Lacerta peloponnesiaca phryne BUCHHOLZ 1960 Lacerta peloponnesiaca lais — TIEDEMANN et al. 1994: 44 Podarcis peloponnesiacus lais — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Podarcis peloponnesiaca lais — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis peloponnesiacus thais (BUCHHOLZ, 1960) Lacerta peloponnesiaca thais BUCHHOLZ 1960 Lacerta peloponnesiaca thais BUCHHOLZ 1967 Lacerta peloponnesiaca thais — TIEDEMANN et al. 1994: 44 Podarcis peloponnesiacus thais — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Podarcis peloponnesiacus thais — KWET & TRAPP 2014 Podarcis peloponnesiacus thais — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis thais — KIOURTSOGLOU et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | Greece (Peloponnese, provinces Lakonia, Messenia and Arkadia, Achaia, Ilis [?], Argolis) lais: Greece (Achaia, Ilis); paratype locality: Vythinia, ca. 1100 m elevation, Peloponnes peloponnesiaca: Lakonia, Messinia, Arkadia. Type locality: “Mistras bei Sparti (Peloponnes)” restricted by Buchholz (1960). thais: Greece (Argolis, Korinthia). Type locality: “Aesculap-Heiligtum (400 m), Argolis”. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: MNHN-RA 2706 (most likely holotype by monotypy) Holotype: ZFMK 12115 (59/300 in original description), paratypes in ZFMK, NMW, MM and MTD (= MTKD) [lais] Holotype: ZFMK 12263, paratypes in ZFMK and NMW [phryne] Holotype: ZFMK 12261, paratypes in ZFMK, NMW and MTD (= MTKD) [thais] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “Mit einer GL von über 250 mm die größte Art der Gattung. Kennzeichnend sind ein hoher Kopf, breiter Hals sowie relativ lange Ex tremitäten. Im Unterschied zu P. erhardii livadiaca, der einzigen auf dem Peloponnes sympatrischen erhardii-Unterart, sind die Supraziliargranula niemals in geschlossener Reihe, sondern höchstens in unterbrochener Reihe von bis zu 7 Granula ausgebildet (Buchholz 1960). Von der eben falls sympatrischen P. taurica unterscheidet sich P. peloponnesiaca durch das glattrandige Halsband. Frontale vorn dreispitzig, die drei Fortsätze rei chen weit nach vorn zwischen die davor liegenden Kopfschilder. Pterygoidzähne vorhanden.” (Bringsøe 1986: 208) |
| Comment | Phylogenetics: Lymberakis et al. (2008) found P. erhardii polyphyletic with respect to P. peloponnesiacus. As a consequence they described 2 new species whose populations were previously assigned to P. erhardii, namely P. levendis and P. cretensis. Alternatively, they could have synonymized P. peloponnesiacus with P. erhardii to avoid polyphyly. Subspecies: KIOURTSOGLOU et al. 2021 elevated thais to full species. However, they do only provide a molecular diagnosis (although they refer to some morphological differences elsewhere). There is no combination of morphological characters that safely discriminate P. peloponnesiacus from P. thais. Distribution: see KIOURTSOGLOU et al. 2021 (Fig. 3) for a map of peloponnesiacus proper and thais (called “West” and “East”). |
| Etymology | Named after the occurrence of the species in the Peloponnese. |
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