Podarcis cretensis (WETTSTEIN, 1952)
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Podarcis cretensis
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Cretan Wall Lizard |
| Synonym | Lacerta erhardii cretensis WETTSTEIN 1952: 252 Lacerta muralis fusca BEDRIAGA 1878: 267 Lacerta taurica var. maculata BEDRIAGA 1881 (part) Lacerta erhardii naxensis WERNER 1899 in WETTSTEIN 1931 (part) Lacerta erhardii leukaorii WETTSTEIN 1952 Lacerta erhardii elaphonisii WETTSTEIN 1952 Lacerta erhardii punctigularis WETTSTEIN 1952 Lacerta erhardii schiebeli WETTSTEIN 1952 Lacerta erhardii obscura WETTSTEIN 1952 Lacerta erhardii rechingeri WETTSTEIN 1952 Lacerta erhardii werneriana WETTSTEIN 1952 (nom. subst. pro L. e. obscura) Podarcis erhardii cretensis — GRUBER 1986: 39 Podarcis erhardii elaphonisii — GRUBER 1986: 39 Podarcis erhardii leukaorii — GRUBER 1986: 40 Podarcis erhardii punctigularis — GRUBER 1986: 42 Podarcis erhardii rechingeri — GRUBER 1986: 43 Podarcis erhardii schiebeli — GRUBER 1986: 43 Podarcis erhardii werneriana — GRUBER 1986: 44 Podarcis cretensis — LYMBERAKIS et al. 2008 Podarcis erhardii werneriana — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis erhardii rechingeri — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis erhardii leukaorii — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis erhardii cretensis — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis erhardii elaphonisii — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis erhardii punctigularis — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis erhardii schiebeli — GEMEL et al. 2019 Podarcis cretensis — PSONIS et al. 2021 Podarcis cretensis — KEROGLIDOU et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | Greece (Crete and satellite islands) Type locality: (as in Wettstein 1952) Kisamo Kastelli, nordwestliches Kreta. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: NMW, male (Naturhistorisches Museum in Wien) 8272; O. WETTSTEIN leg., 22. IV. 1942, (Tiedemann et al., 1994). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Differs from P. erhardii in few (<7) and discontinuous supraciliary granules. Differs from P. peloponnesiaca in smaller SVL (see Table 1 in LYMBERAKIS et al. 2008) and a combination of pholidotic characters (fewer femoral pores, fewer subdigital lamellae, and more temporal scales, see Table 3 in LYMBERAKIS et al. 2008). |
| Comment | Synonymy: LYMBERAKIS et al. 2008 synonymize many subspecies of P. erhardii with P. cretensis without much justification. The taxonomic conclusions therefore have to be taken with caution. Note that the tables in LYMBERAKIS et al. 2008 are difficult to read as they do not explain the abbreviations and Figure 2 may also indicate clinal variation. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality on Crete. |
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