Cretan wall lizard | |
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Cretan wall lizard in Elafonisi, Crete | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Podarcis |
Species: | P. cretensis
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Binomial name | |
Podarcis cretensis (
Wettstein, 1952)
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Synonyms | |
Lacerta erhardii cretensis Wettstein, 1952 |
Podarcis cretensis, the Cretan wall lizard, is a species of lacertid lizard endemic to Crete (including its satellite islands). [1] [2] [3]
Until 2008, these lizards were considered a subspecies of Podarcis erhardii. [2] Genetic analysis, however, revealed that it is a separate species closely related to Podarcis peloponnesiacus. [3] [4]