Malta Island 

Population:

Podarcis filfolensis Malta Island  (ADAMS, 1870)

Synonyms:

Lacerta muralis  ADAMS, 1870

Lacerta muralis   DESPOTT, 1915

Podarcis filfolensis maltensis   MERTENS, 1921

Lacerta muralis var. despotti   FEJERVARY, 1924

Podarcis filfolensis   SALVI et al., 2014

Types:

Holotype: SMF 12489, male

Terra Typica:

Insel Malta.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Adams, A.L. (1870) -  Reptiles -  In: Notes of a naturalist in the Nile Valley and Malta. Edingburgh: Edmonton and Douglas. Page 80-82.  

  • Despott, G. (1915) -  The reptiles of the Maltese Islands. -  The Zoologist, 891: 321-360.  

  • Mertens, R. (1921) -  Zur Kenntnis der Reptilienfauna von Malta. -  Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig, 53: 236 - 240  

  • Fejervary, G.J. (1924) -  Preliminary notes to a monograph of the lacertian fauna of the Maltese islands. -  Biologica Hungarica, Budapest, 1 (5): 1-15.   

  • Salvi, D. & Schembri, P. & Sciberras, A. & Harris, D.J. (2014) -  Evolutionary history of the Maltese wall lizard Podarcis filfolensis: insights on the ‘Expansion-Contraction’ model of Pleistocene biogeography. -  Molecular Ecology, 23 (5): 1167-1187.    

  • Sciberras, J. & Sciberras, A. (2014) -  Behavior of lizards in the Maltese and Pelagian islands: a personal experience. -  L@CERTIDAE, 2014 [1]: 1-10.    

  • Sciberras, A. & Sciberras, J. (2024) -  Updates on the natural history of Cheirolophus Rock (Maltese Archipelago) with a description of its lacertid. -  L@CERTIDAE (Eidechsen Online), 2024 [2]: 9-16.    

 
 

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Podarcis filfolensis Malta Island  © 2003 Arnold Sciberras