Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Lacertidae > Podarcis > Podarcis siculusPodarcis siculus (Italian Wall Lizard)Synonyms: Lacerta acrolampra; Lacerta faraglionensis; Lacerta muralis coerulea; Lacerta muralis elegans; Lacerta muralis joachini-murati; Lacerta muralis mullerlorenzi; Lacerta muralis parkeri (heterotypic); Lacerta muralis pelagosae; Lacerta muralis var. campestris; Lacerta muralis var. latastei (heterotypic); Lacerta serpa; Lacerta serpa kolombatovici; Lacerta serpa major; Lacerta serpa var. adriatica; Lacerta serpa var. cazzae; Lacerta serpa var. pelagosae; Lacerta sicula (homotypic); Lacerta sicula astorgae; Lacerta sicula bagnolensis; Lacerta sicula bolei; Lacerta sicula calabra; Lacerta sicula calabresiae; Lacerta sicula campana; Lacerta sicula caporiaccoi; Lacerta sicula catanensis; Lacerta sicula cattaroi; Lacerta sicula cerbolensis; Lacerta sicula cettii; Lacerta sicula ciclopica; Lacerta sicula dupinici; Lacerta sicula fasciata; Lacerta sicula fiumanoidea; Lacerta sicula flavigula; Lacerta sicula insularum; Lacerta sicula klemmeri; Lacerta sicula laganjensis; Lacerta sicula lanzai (heterotypic); Lacerta sicula liscabiancae (heterotypic); Lacerta sicula massinei; Lacerta sicula medemi; Lacerta sicula mediofasciata; Lacerta sicula mertensi (heterotypic); Lacerta sicula muelleri; Lacerta sicula nikolici; Lacerta sicula oristanensis; Lacerta sicula palmarolae (heterotypic); Lacerta sicula pasquinii (heterotypic); Lacerta sicula patrizii (heterotypic); Lacerta sicula paulae; Lacerta sicula pirosoensis; Lacerta sicula pohlibensis; Lacerta sicula polenci; Lacerta sicula premudana; Lacerta sicula premudensis; Lacerta sicula pretneri; Lacerta sicula radovanovici; Lacerta sicula ragusae; Lacerta sicula roberti; Lacerta sicula salfii; Lacerta sicula samogradi; Lacerta sicula sancti-stephani; Lacerta sicula scopelica; Lacerta sicula scorteccii; Lacerta sicula strombolensis; Lacerta sicula trischittai (heterotypic); Lacerta sicula tyrrhenica; Lacerta sicula ventotenensis; Lacerta sicula vesseljuchi; Lacerta sicula zaratina; Lacerta sicula zeii; Lacerta undulata; Podarcis merremii; Podarcis muralis albiventris; Podarcis muralis parkeri (heterotypic); Podarcis sicula aemiliani; Podarcis siculus adriaticus; Podarcis siculus aemiliani (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus albiventris (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus amparoae (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus astorgae (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus bagnolensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus bolei (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus calabra (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus calabresiae (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus campana (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus campestris (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus caporiaccoi (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus catanensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus cattaroi (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus cerbolensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus ciclopica (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus coeruleus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus dupinici (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus fasciatus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus fiumanoideus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus flavigulus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus gallensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus hadzii (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus hieroglyphica; Podarcis siculus insularum (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus klemmeri (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus kolombatovici; Podarcis siculus laganjensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus lanzai; Podarcis siculus latastei; Podarcis siculus massinei (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus medemi (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus mediofasciatus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus monaconensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus muelleri (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus nikolici (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus palmarolae; Podarcis siculus parkeri (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus pasquinii; Podarcis siculus patrizii; Podarcis siculus paulae (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus pelagosae; Podarcis siculus pirosoensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus pohlibensis; Podarcis siculus polenci (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus premudanus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus premudensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus pretneri (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus radovanovici (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus ragusae (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus roberti (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus salfii (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus samogradi (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus sanctinicolai (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus sanctistephani (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus scopelicus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus siculus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus strombolensis (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus tyrrhenicus (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus vesseljuchi (heterotypic); Podarcis siculus zaratinus; Podarcis siculus zeii (heterotypic) The Italian wall lizard, ruin lizard, or İstanbul lizard (Podarcis sicula from the Greek meaning 'agile' and 'feet') is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. P. sicula is native to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, Slovenia and Switzerland, but has also been introduced to Spain, Turkey, and the United States. P. sicula is the most abundant lizard species in southern Italy. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 8 grams | | Female Weight [2] | 6 grams |  | | Gestation [2] | 45 days | | Litter Size [2] | 5 | | Litters / Year [2] | 4 | | Maximum Longevity [2] | 3 years | | Reproductive Mode [3] | Oviparous | | Snout to Vent Length [2] | 2.756 inches (7 cm) | | Speed [4] | 3.803 MPH (1.7 m/s) | | | Habitat Substrate [3] | Saxicolous, Terrestrial |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Length–weight allometries in lizards, S. Meiri, Journal of Zoology 281 (2010) 218–226 ♦ 2Nathan 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 ♦ 3Meiri, 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 ♦ 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) ♦ 5Geographic 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) ♦ 6Dietary shifts in the Western Whip Snake Coluber viridiflavus LACÉPÈDE, 1789, of the small Mediterranean island of Ustica (Squamata: Serpentes: Colubridae), ERNESTO FILIPPI & MASSIMO CAPULA & LUCA LUISELLI, HERPETOZOA 16 ( 1/2): 61 - 66 (2003) |
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
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