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Podarcis muralis (Common Wall Lizard)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) is a species of lizard with a large distribution in Europe and well-established introduced populations in North America, where it is also called the European wall lizard. It can grow to about 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length.
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Infraspecies

Podarcis muralis albanica
Podarcis muralis appenninica
Podarcis muralis baldasseronii
Podarcis muralis beccarii
Podarcis muralis breviceps
Podarcis muralis brongniardii
Podarcis muralis colosii
Podarcis muralis maculiventris
Podarcis muralis marcuccii
Podarcis muralis muralis
Podarcis muralis nigriventris
Podarcis muralis sammichelii
Podarcis muralis tinettoi
Podarcis muralis vinciguerrai

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  5.5 grams
Gestation [1]  36 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  10 years
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.362 inches (6 cm)
Speed [4]  4.787 MPH (2.14 m/s)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Arboreal, Saxicolous

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

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Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Mediterranean Basin Algeria, Egypt, France, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Portugal, Spain, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey No

Predators

Circaetus gallicus (Short-toed Snake Eagle)[5]
Coronella girondica (Southern Smooth Snake)[6]
Hierophis viridiflavus (Green Whip Snake, Western Whip Snake, Dark Green Snake)[7]
Natrix natrix (European Grass Snake)[8]

Consumers

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External References

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Citations

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♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Variation in speed, gait characteristics and microhabitat use in lacertid lizards, Bieke Vanhooydonck, Raoul Van Damme and Peter Aerts, The Journal of Experimental Biology 205, 1037–1046 (2002)
♦ 5Prey and prey-size selection by the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) during the breeding season in Granada (south-eastern Spain), José M. Gil, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, J. Zool., Lond. (2001) 255, 131-137
♦ 6Geographic variation in the diet composition of a secretive Mediterranean colubrid snake: Coronella girondica from Spain and Italy, Luca Luiselli, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Massimo Capula, Carmen Villafranca, Ital. J. Zool., 68: 57-60 (2001)
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8The prey spectrum of Natrix natrix (LINNAEUS, 1758) and Natrix tessellata (LAURENTI, 1768) in sympatric populations (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae), ERNESTO FILIPPI & MASSIMO CAPULA & LUCA LUISELLI & UMBERTO AGRIMI, HERPETOZOA 8 (3/4): 155 -164 Wien, 30. Jänner 1996
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0