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Podarcis filfolensis (BEDRIAGA, 1876)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) 
SubspeciesPodarcis filfolensis filfolensis (BEDRIAGA 1876)
Podarcis filfolensis generalensis (GUL IA 1914)
Podarcis filfolensis kieselbachi (FEJERVARY 1924)
Podarcis filfolensis laurentiimuelleri (FEJERVARY 1924)
Podarcis filfolensis maltensis MERTENS 1921 
Common NamesE: Filfola Wall Lizard
G: Malta-Mauereidechse, Malta-Eidechse 
SynonymLacerta filfolensis BEDRIAGA 1876
Podarcis filfolensis filfolensis — BISCHOFF 1986: 61
Podarcis filfolensis — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Podarcis filfolensis — BONETTI 2002: 139
Podarcis filfolensis — LIVIGNI 2013: 358

Podarcis filfolensis generalensis (GULIA 1914)
Lacerta generalensis GULIA 1914
Lacerta filfolensis generalensis — MERTENS 1934: 68
Lacerta filfolensis generalensis — TADDEI 1949: 266
Podarcis filfolensis generalensis — BISCHOFF 1986: 61

Podarcis filfolensis kieselbachi (FEJERVARY 1924)
Lacerta muralis var. kieselbachi FEJERVARY 1924: 9
Lacerta filfolensis kieselbachi — MERTENS 1934: 68
Lacerta filfolensis kieselbachi — TADDEI 1949: 266
Podarcis filfolensis kieselbachi — BISCHOFF 1986: 61

Podarcis filfolensis laurentiimuelleri (FEJERVARY 1924)
Lacerta muralis Laurentii-Mülleri FEJERVARY 1924: 11
Lacerta filfolensis laurentii-muelleri — MERTENS 1934: 71
Lacerta filfolensis laurentii-mülleri — TADDEI 1949: 263
Podarcis filfolensis laurentiimuelleri — BISCHOFF 1986: 61

Podarcis filfolensis maltensis MERTENS 1921
Podarcis filfolensis maltensis MERTENS 1921: 236
Lacerta filfolensis maltensis — MERTENS 1928: 30
Lacerta filfolensis maltensis — MERTENS 1934: 64ff
Lacerta filfolensis maltensis — TADDEI 1949: 261
Podarcis filfolensis maltensis — BISCHOFF 1986: 61
Podarcis filfolensis maltensis — SCHLÜTER 2004
Podarcis filfolensis maltensis — SCHLÜTER 2010 
DistributionMalta Archipelago, Filfla Island (= Filfola), south of Malta, Fungus Island (= General's Island), west of Gozo, Selmunett Island (= San Paul) off the northern coast of Malta,
Italy, Pelagian Islands (Linosa and Lampione), Gozo and Kemmuna (= Comino)

Type locality: Filfola-Felsen (=Filfla), eine sehr kleine Insel südlich von Malta.

generalensis: Malta; Type locality: General’s Island [Fun­gus Rock], west of Gozo.

maltensis: Malta, Gozo, Kemmuna (= Comino); Type locality: Malta

despotti: Malta; Type locality: Mala

kieselbachi: Malta (Selmunett); Type locality: San Paul Island (= Selmunett) near Malta.

laurentii-mülleri: Linosa and Lampione Islands; Type locality: Linosa Islands.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMF 12489, male [maltensis]
Syntypes: HNHM (Hung. Nat. Museum, Budapest). Possibly burned down in 1956 [kieselbachi]
Syntypes: HNHM (Hung. Nat. Museum, Budapest). Possibly burned down in 1956 [laurentiimuelleri] 
Diagnosis 
Comment 
Etymology 
References
  • Bedriaga,J. v. 1876. Die Faraglione-Eidechse und die Entstehung der Farben bei den Eidechsen. Heidelberg: Carl Winter: 1-21
  • Bischoff,W. 1986. Podarcis filfolensis - Maltaeidechse. In: Böhme,W. (ed.), Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas, Band 2/II., Echsen III (Podarcis). Aula-Verlag Wiesbaden, pp. 50-64
  • Bombi, Pierluigi; Vignoli, Leonardo; Scalera, Riccardo; Bologna, Marco A. 2005. Food habits of Podarcis filfolensis (Reptilia, Lacertidae) on a small Mediterranean island during the dry season. Amphibia-Reptilia 26 (3): 412-417 - get paper here
  • Bonetti, Mathilde 2002. 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp.
  • Dürr, P. 2001. Herpetologische Beobachtungen auf Malta. Elaphe 9 (3): 74-76
  • Engelmann, W.E. et al. 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
  • FEJERVARY De, G.J. 1924. Preliminary notes to a monograph of the Lacertian fauna of the Maltese islands. Biol. Hung. 1 (5): 1-14 - get paper here
  • Gulia 1914. Malta Chronicle
  • Kwet, A. 2010. Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Kosmos-Verlag, Stuttgart, 252 pp.
  • Kwet, Axel & Benny Trapp 2014. Liste der Reptilien Europas. Draco 15 (60): 72-79 - get paper here
  • Lantermann, W. & Lantermann, Y. 2011. Beobachtungen zur Herpetofauna von Nord-Malta und Gozo. Elaphe 19 (3): 56-63
  • Lewis, Todd R., Alex Ramsey, Arnold Sciberras and Colin Bailey. 2015. Kleptoparasitism on Carpenter Ants (Camponotus spp.) by Podarcis tiliguerta (Gmelin, 1789) in Corsica and Podarcis filfolensis (Bedriaga, 1876) on the Maltese Islands. Herpetozoa 27 (3/4): 175-176 [2014] - get paper here
  • LiVigni, F. (ed.) 2013. A Life for Reptiles and Amphibians, Volume 1. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 495 pp. - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1921. Zur Kenntnis der Reptilienfauna von Malta. Zool. Anz. 53: 236-240 - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1934. Die Inseln-Reptilien, ihre Ausbreitung Variation und Artbildung. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 32: 1-209.
  • Schlüter, U. 2004. Mögliche Lebensräume der Algerischen Zornnatter, Hemorrhois algirus (JAN 1863) auf Malta. Elaphe 12 (2): 68-71
  • Schlüter, U. 2005. Die Malta-Eidechse - Podarcis filfolensis (BEDRIAGA, 1876) Die Eidechse 16 (1): 1-10
  • Schlüter, Uwe 2010. Die Herpetofauna von Gozo, Comino und Satelliteninseln. Draco 11 (42): 26-33
  • Sciberras, J. & Sciberras, A. 2014. Behavior of lizards in the Maltese and Pelagian islands: a personal experience. L@CERTIDAE (Eidechsen Online) [1]: 1-10
  • Taddei, A. 1949. Le Lacerte (Archaeolacerte e Podarcis) dell’Italia peninsulare e delle Isole. Commentationes Pontificia Academia Scientarum, 13 (4): 197-274 - get paper here
 
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