Spain / Pityusic Islands / Ibiza / Illot de s’Oro. 

Extinct subspecies:

Podarcis pityusensis hortae  (BUCHHOLZ, 1954)

Synonyms:

Lacerta pityusensis hortae   BUCHHOLZ, 1954

Types:

Holotype: ZFMK 12410 coll. J. JOKISCH, X. 1935.
Paratypes ZFMK 12422 - ZFMK 12428
Paratypes: ZBK 962 - ZBK 968

Terra Typica:

Isla de Hort, nordwestlich von Tagomago, unmittelbar an der Küste von Ibiza.


Taxonomic notes:

Population extinct due to the invasive snake Hemorrhois hippocrepis in 2018 (MONTES et al. 2021).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Buchholz, K.F. (1954) -  Zur Kenntnis der Rassen von Lacerta pityusensis Boscá. -  Bonner zoologische Beiträge, Bonn, 5: 69-88.  

  • Montes, E. & Kraus, F. & Chergui, B. & Pleguezuelos, J.M. (2021) -  Collapse of the endemic lizard Podarcis pityusensis on the island of Ibiza mediated by an invasive snake. -  Current Zoology, zoab022.    

 
 

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Podarcis pityusensis hortae  © 2016 Marten van den Berg