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Podarcis raffonei (MERTENS, 1952)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesPodarcis raffonei alvearioi (MERTENS 1955)
Podarcis raffonei antoninoi (MERTENS 1955)
Podarcis raffonei raffonei (MERTENS 1952) 
Common NamesE: Aeolian Wall Lizard
Italian: lucertola delle Eolie 
SynonymLacerta sicula raffonei MERTENS 1952
Podarcis wagleriana raffonei — CAPULA 1987
Podarcis raffonei — CAPULA 1994
Podarcis raffonei — CORTI & LO CASCIO 2002
Podarcis raffoneae — MICHELS & BAUER 2005
Podarcis raffonei — SPEYBROECK & CROCHET 2007
Podarcis raffonei — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Podarcis raffonei — LIVIGNI 2013: 288
Podarcis raffonei — KWET & TRAPP 2014
Podarcis raffonei — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020

Podarcis raffonei alvearioi (MERTENS 1955)
Lacerta sicula alvearioi MERTENS 1955: 31
Podarcis siculus cucchiarai PALMA 1980
Podarcis sicula alvearioi — HENLE & KLAVER 1986: 300
Lacerta sicula alvearioi — TIEDEMANN et al. 1994
Podarcis raffoneae alvearioi — MICHELS & BAUER 2005
Podarcis raffoneae cucchiarai — MICHELS & BAUER 2005
Podarcis raffonei alvearioi — LO CASCIO 2010
Podarcis raffoneae alvearioi — KWET & TRAPP 2014

Podarcis raffonei antoninoi (MERTENS 1955)
Lacerta wagleriana antoninoi MERTENS 1955: 33
Podarcis wagleriana antoninoi — BÖHME 1986: 384
Podarcis wagleriana antoninoi — ENGELMANN et al. 1993
Podarcis raffoneae antoninoi — MICHELS & BAUER 2005
Podarcis raffonei antoninoi — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Podarcis waglerianus antoninoi — GEMEL et al. 2019 
DistributionItaly: Liparian Islands (north of Sicily), Strombolicchio Island

Type locality: ‘Eiland Strombolicchio bei Stroluboli, Liparische Inseln” (Insel Strombolischio bei Stromboli, Liparen, fide TIEDEMANN et al. 1994)

alvearioi: Italy (Liparian Islands); Type locality: Faraglione Pollara/Liparische Inseln.

antoninoi: Italy (Liparian Islands: Scoglio Faraglione); Type locality: “Halbinsel Vulcanello und auf das Tal zwischen dem Gran Cratere und dem Monte Saraceno auf Vulcano, Lipari­sche Inseln”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 43919., adult male; collected by Antonino TRISCHITTA, 31 May 1951.
Holotype: SMF 48447; paratypes NMW 15745:1-4 [antoninoi]
Holotype: SMF 48296; paraypes: NMW 15746:1,2 [alvearioi]
Holotype: MZUP (Museo Zoologico dell’Università di Palermo), male; paratypes: BMNH, MZUF [cucchiarai] 
Diagnosis 
CommentGenome: Gabrielli et al. 2023

Synonymy: The validity of the sub-species raffonei (Mertens 1952), alvearioi (Mertens 1955), cucchiarai Di Palma 1980 and antoninoi (Mertens 1955) is not supported by genetic data (Capula, 2004). 
EtymologyBenannt ist die Rasse, dem Wunsche des Sammlers entsprechend, nach RAFFONE, dem Familiennamen seiner verstorbenen Frau. [= The race has been named, according to the wish of his collector, after RAFFONE, the maiden name of his late wife]. The name therefore has to be P. raffoneae according to MICHELS & BAUER 2005. However, Oscar Arribas (pers. comm., 26 Jul 2016) objected that “The Code [Article 32.5.1] states that gender and species must concordate in grammatical gender, but none about correcting if the sex of the hommaged person is not correctly declined. Raffonae is [thus] an unjustified enmendation.” 
References
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