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Podarcis tauricus (Balkan wall lizard)

Synonyms: Lacerta taurica (homotypic); Lacerta taurica thasopulae; Podarcis tauricus thasopulae

Wikipedia Abstract

Podarcis tauricus, the Balkan wall lizard, is a common lizard in the family Lacertidae native to south eastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is a terrestrial species found in steppe, grassland, olive groves, cultivated land, meadows, rural gardens, sparsely vegetated sand dunes and scrubby areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Podarcis tauricus

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.5 grams
Gestation [1]  60 days
Litter Size [1]  5
Litters / Year [1]  2
Reproductive Mode [2]  Oviparous
Snout to Vent Length [1]  2.362 inches (6 cm)
Habitat Substrate [2]  Terrestrial

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 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
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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