Podarcis siculus
(Rafinesque, 1810)
poe-DAR-sis — sik-YOO-lus
SSAR 9th Edition Comments:
Native to the northern central Mediterranean, including Croatia, Italy, and Slovenia. It is established in California (Deichsel et al., 2010, Herpetological Review 41: 513–514), Connecticut (Donihue et al., 2014, Herpetological Review 45: 661–662), Kansas (Collins, 1974, Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Public Education Series : 283pp; Taggart, 2004, Journal of Kansas Herpetology : 10), Massachusetts (Donihue, 2017, Herpetological Review 48: 126), Missouri (Briggler et al., 2015, Reptiles & Amphibians 22: 43–45), New Jersey (Silva-Rocha et al., 2014, Acta Herpetologica 9: 253–258), New York (Gossweiler, 1974,M.S. thesis, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 49pp.; Gossweiler, 1975, Copeia 1975: 584–585), Pennsylvania (Kauffeld, 1931, Copeia 1931: 163–164; Conant, 1959, Copeia 1959: 335–336), Washington (Raimond and Lambert, 2020, Herpetological Review 51: 272), and British Columbia, Canada (Hanke and Deichsel, 2020, Canadian Field-Naturalist 134: 60–63).
Range maps are based on curated specimens and provided gratis by CNAH.
(Created by Travis W. Taggart; Version: 2025.04.03.09.42.41)
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First instance(s) of published English names:
No historic English names have been assigned to this taxon yet.
Catalog of American Amphibians and Reptiles
The Reptile Database
GenBank
USGS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database
Selected References:
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1810
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Rafinesque, Constantine S. Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e plante della Sicilia. [Characters of some new genera and new species of animals and plants of Sicily.] Sanfilippo, Palermo, Sicily. 105pp.
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1931
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Kauffeld, C. Lacerta mellisellensis fiumana at Philadelphia. Copeia 1931:163–164
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1959
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Conant, Roger. Lacerta colony still extant at Philadelphia. Copeia 1959(4):335-336
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1974
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Gossweiler, W. A. A study of a recently established exotic lizard on Long Island. Thesis. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. 49pp.
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1974
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Collins, Joseph T. Amphibians and Reptiles in Kansas University of Kansas Museum of Natural History Public Education Series (1):283 pp
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1975
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Gossweiler, W. A. European lizards established on Long Island. Copeia 1975:584–585
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1977
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Smith, Hobart M. and Anthony J. Kohler. A survey of herpetological introductions in the United States and Canada. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 80(1/2):241-
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1998
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Tucker, B. J. October Activity of an Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis sicula) Community at 1880 S. W. Gage Boulevard, Topeka, Kansas. Thesis. Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas. pp.
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1999
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Harris, D. James, and E. Nicholas Arnold. Relationships of wall lizards, Podarcis (Reptilia: Lacertidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequences. Copeia 1999(3):749-754
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2005
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Podnar, Martina, Werner Mayer, and Nikola Tvrtkovic. Phylogeography of the Italian wall lizard, Podarcis sicula,
as revealed by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Ecology 2005(14):575–588
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2010
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Deichsel, Guntram, Gary Nafis, and Jonathan Hakim. Geographic distribution. Podarcis siculus. Herpetological Review 41(4):513-514
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2014
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Silva-Rocha, Iolanda, Daniele Salvi, D. James Harris, Susana Freitas, Chris Davis, Jim Foster, Guntram Deichsel, Chloe Adamopoulou, and Miguel A. Carretero. Molecular assessment of Podarcis sicula populations in Britain, Greece and Turkey reinforces a multiple-origin invasion pattern in this species. Acta Herpetologica 9(2):253-258
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2014
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Donihue, Colin M., Max Lambert, and Gregory Watkins-Colwell. Geographic distribution. Podarcis sicula. Herpetological Review 45(4):661-662
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2015
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Briggler, Jeffrey T., Rhonda L. Rimer, and Guntram Deichsel. First record of the Northern Italian Wall
Lizard (Podarcis siculus campestris) in Missouri. Reptiles & Amphibians 22(1):43-45
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2020
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Hanke, Gavin F., and Guntram Deichsel. First record of an Italian Wall Lizard (Podarcis siculus) in British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Field-Naturalist 134(1):60–63
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