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) |
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| 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). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 1105 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| 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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