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Title: | Taxonomic status of the Maltese wall lizard (Podarcis Filfolensis Bedriaga 1876) |
Authors: | Savona-Ventura, Charles |
Keywords: | Lizards -- Malta Lacertidae -- Malta Squamata -- Malta |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
Publisher: | The Central Mediterranean Naturalist |
Citation: | Savona-Ventura, C. (2001). Taxonomic status of the Maltese wall lizard (Podarcis filfolensis Bedriaga 1876). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 3(3), 89-95. |
Abstract: | The Maltese-Pelagian area is characterised by an endemic species of Wall Lizard - Podarcis filfolensis. This has differentiated into various subspecies on the various islands and rocks of the region including ssp. filfolensis on Filfola, laurentiimuelleri of Lampione and Linosa, generalensis of Fungus Rock, kieselbachi of St. Paul's Islands, maltensis of Malta and Gozo and possibly Comino, and an unnamed form from Cominotto. The taxonomical status of the species and its possible origins from Podarcis sicula are reviewed in the light of the geological movements which occurred in the Central Mediterranean during the Pleistocene. The colour differences between the various subspecies are reviewed and four degrees of melanism are proposed. |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/14944 |
Appears in Collections: | CMN, Volume 3, Part 3 CMN, Volume 3, Part 3 Scholarly Works - FacM&SOG |
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