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Italian Wall Lizard
Podarcis siculus (Rafinesque, 1810)

Current SSAR Comments:
Native to the northern central Mediterranean, including Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia. It is established in California (Deichsel et al., 2010, Herpetological Review 41: 513–514), Connecticut (Donihue et al., 2014, Herpetological Review 45: 661–662), Kansas (Collins, 1974, Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Public Education Series : 283pp; Taggart, 2004, Journal of Kansas Herpetology : 10), Massachusetts (Donihue, 2017, Herpetological Review 48: 126), Missouri (Briggler et al., 2015, Reptiles & Amphibians 22: 43–45), New Jersey (Silva-Rocha et al., 2014, Acta Herpetologica 9: 253–258), New York (Gossweiler, 1974,M.S. thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 49pp.; Gossweiler, 1975, Copeia 1975: 584–585), Pennsylvania (Kauffeld, 1931, Copeia 1931: 163–164; Conant, 1959, Copeia 1959: 335–336), Washington (Raimond and Lambert, 2020, Herpetological Review 51: 272), and British Columbia, Canada (Hanke and Deichsel, 2020, Canadian Field-Naturalist 134: 60–63).

Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2024.02.03.14.44.50)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.

Taxon Links:

  
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
  
The Reptile Database
  
NatureServe
  
iNaturalist
  
GenBank
  
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database

Pertinent LIterature:
1810 Rafinesque, Constantine S. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e plante della Sicilia. [Characters of some new genera and new species of animals and plants of Sicily.] Sanfilippo, Palermo, Sicily. 105pp.
1931 Kauffeld, C. Lacerta mellisellensis fiumana at Philadelphia. Copeia 1931():163–164
1959 Conant, Roger. Lacerta colony still extant at Philadelphia. Copeia 1959(4):335-336
1974 Gossweiler, W. A. A study of a recently established exotic lizard on Long Island. Thesis. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 49pp.
1974 Collins, Joseph T. Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Public Education Series (1):283 pp
1975 Gossweiler, W. A. European lizards established on Long Island. Copeia 1975():584–585
1977 Smith, Hobart M. and Anthony J. Kohler. A survey of herpetological introductions in the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 80(1/2):241-
2010 Deichsel, Guntram, Gary Nafis, and Jonathan Hakim. Geographic distribution. Podarcis siculus. Herpetological Review 41(4):513-514
2014 Silva-Rocha, Iolanda, Daniele Salvi, D. James Harris, Susana Freitas, Chris Davis, Jim Foster, Guntram Deichsel, Chloe Adamopoulou, and Miguel A. Carretero. Molecular assessment of Podarcis sicula populations in Britain, Greece and Turkey reinforces a multiple-origin invasion pattern in this species. Acta Herpetologica 9(2):253-258
2014 Donihue, Colin M., Max Lambert, and Gregory Watkins-Colwell. Geographic distribution. Podarcis sicula. Herpetological Review 45(4):661-662
2015 Briggler, Jeffrey T., Rhonda L. Rimer, and Guntram Deichsel. First record of the Northern Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis siculus campestris) in Missouri. Reptiles & Amphibians 22(1):43-45
2020 Hanke, Gavin F., and Guntram Deichsel. First record of an Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis siculus) in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 134(1):60–63

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