Podarcis erhardii

Subspecies

Podarcis erhardii has a bewildering array of subspecies, about most if not all of which there is very little readily available information. This list is therefore included for completeness as much as anything.

Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution	Size	Notes
P. e. amorgensis	Erhard's Wall Lizard	?
P. e. biinsulicola
P. e. buchholzi
P. e. cretensis
P. e. elaphonisii
P. e. erhardii
P. e. kinarensis
P. e. leukaorii			6-8"
P. e. levithensis
P. e. livadiaca
P. e. makariaisi
P. e. megalophthenae
P. e. mykonensis
P. e. naxensis
P. e. ophidusae
P. e. pachiae
P. e. phytiusae
P. e. punctigularis
P. e. rechningeri
P. e. riveti
P. e. ruthveni
P. e. schiebeli
P. e. subobscura
P. e. syrinae
P. e. thermiensis
P. e. thessalica
P. e. werneriana
P. e. zafranae	Sicilian Wall Lizard	Sicily and Favigna and Levanzo islands	8-10"	.

Bibliography

Collins Field Guide to Reptiles & Amphibians of Britain & Europe, E N Arnold, J A Burton and D W Ovenden, HarperCollins, London 1978. An invaluable guide, although a few of the taxonomic details are in need of revision.

Echsen [Lizards] 2, Manfred Rogner, Ulmer, Stuttgart 1994. Does not list all Podarcis species but gives useful details on those selected, including husbandry of captives.

For bibliography please refer to main Lacertidae page.

C. Savona-Ventura has an excellent site on Maltese herpetofauna.

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