Northwestern Spain and northern Portugal. 

Species:

Podarcis bocagei  (LOPEZ-SEOANE, 1885)

Synonyms:

Lacerta muralis var. bocagii  ZOOLOGICAL RECORD, 1885

Podarcis bocagei  ENGELMANN et al, 1993

Lacerta muralis bocagei  SEOANE, 1885

Common names:

Bocage’s Wall Lizard (English)
Bocages Mauereidechse (German)
Lagartija de Bocage (Spanish)

Types:

Type: BMNH 1946.9.1.23 (and possibly additional specimens).

Terra Typica:

La Coruña, NE Spain (restricted by MERTENS & MÜLLER 1928).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Lopez Seoane, V. (1885) -  Identidad de Lacerta schreiberi (Bedriaga) y Lacerta viridis var. gardovii (Boulenger) e investigationes herpetologicas de Galicia. -  La Coruña, 28: 1-19.  

  • Pérez-Mellado, V. (1981) -  Nuevos datos sobre la sistematica y distribucion de Podarcis bocagei (SEOANE, 1884) (Sauria, Lacertidae) en la Peninsula Iberica. -  Amphibia-Reptilia, 2 (3): 259-265.  

  • Harris, D.J. & Sá-Sousa, P. (2001) -  Species distinction and relationships of the western Iberian Podarcis lizards (Reptilia, Lacertidae) based on morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequences. -  The Herpetological Journal, 11: 129-136.    

  • Kaliontzopoulou, A. & Pinho, C. & Harris, D.J. & Carretero, M.A. (2011) -  When cryptic diversity blurs the picture: a cautionary tale from Iberian and North African Podarcis wall lizards. -  Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 103 (4): 779–800.    

  • Caeiro-Dias, G. & Brelsford, A. & Crochet, P.A. & Ribeiro, M. & Pinho, C. (2018) -  Differential introgression between two Iberian Podarcis lizards. -  1 p.  

  • Caeiro-Dias, G. & Luis, C. & Pinho, C. & Crochet, P.-A. & Sillero, N. & Kaliontzopoulou, A. (2018) -  Lack of congruence of genetic and niche divergence in Podarcis hispanicus complex. -  J Zool Syst Evol Res. 2018; 1–14. (early view)