Podarcis vaucheri

Podarcis vaucheri, the Andalusian wall lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to northern Africa and southern Spain.

Podarcis vaucheri
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Podarcis
Species:	P. vaucheri
Binomial name
Podarcis vaucheri (Boulenger, 1905)
Synonyms[1]
Lacerta muralis Var. vaucheri Boulenger, 1905 Lacerta (Podarcis) bocagei vaucheri — Mertens & L. Müller, 1940 Lacerta hispanica vaucheri — Klemmer, 1959 Podarcis hispanica vaucheri — Arnold, 1973 Podarcis vaucheri — Oliverio et al., 2000

Etymology

The specific name, vaucheri, is in honor of Swiss botanist Henri Vaucher (1856–1910).[2]

Geographic range

P. vaucheri is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.[3]

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. vaucheri are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas.[3]

Conservation status

P. vaucheri is not considered a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).[3]

References

1. "Podarcis vaucheri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Podarcis vaucheri, p. 273).
3. Miras JAM, Cheylan M, Nouira MS, Joger U, Sá-Sousa P, Pérez-Mellado V (2005). Podarcis vaucheri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

Further reading

• Boulenger GA (1905). "A Contribution to our Knowledge of the Varieties of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) in Western Europe and North Africa". Trans. Zool. Soc. London 17: 351–420. (Lacerta muralis Var. vaucheri, p. 365).