Podarcis tauricus

Podarcis tauricus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Lacertini
Genus: Podarcis
Species: Podarcis tauricus

Name

Podarcis tauricus (Pallas, 1814)

• Type material: unknwon.
• Type locality: “orae meridionalis montosiae Tauriae”

Combinations

• Lacerta taurica Pallas, 1814: 30 [original combination]
• Podarcis taurica — Bonaparte, 1836 [subsequent combination]
• Zootoca taurica — Gray, 1845: 29 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Pallas, P.S. 1814. Zoographia Rosso-Asiatica, sistens omnium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum. Volumen tertium. Animalia monocardia seu frigidi sanguinis imperii Rosso-Asiatici. Officina Caesareae Academiae Scientiarum: Petropoli. vii + 428 pp + cxxv pp. BnF Gallica Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., Reyes, F., Kudera, J. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Podarcis tauricus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 23 September 2019.
• Böhme, W., Lymberakis, P., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Haxhiu, I., Krecsák, L., Sterijovski, B., Isailovic, J.C., Podloucky, Cogalniceanu, D. & Avci, A. 2009. IUCN: Podarcis tauricus  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61554A12515695. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61554A12515695.en. Accessed on 24 May 2023.

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Taurische Eidechse
• English: Balkan Wall Lizard

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