Subspecies:

Podarcis carbonelli berlengensis  VIVENTE, 1985

Types:

Holotype: MNHN-RA 1982.0995 (by original desingation; paratypes: MNHN-RA 1982.0996-1024, MNHn-RA 1982.1025-1039 and MNHN-RA 1983.0001-0005

Terra Typica:

Berlenga Island, Portugal.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Vicente, L.A. (1985) -  Description d’une nouvelle sous-espèce de Podarcis bocagei (Seoane, 1884) (Sauria, Lacertidae) de l’île de Berlenga: Podarcis bocagei berlengensis. -  Bulletin du Muséum national d`histoire naturelle, Paris, 4e sér. 7 (section A): 267-274.   

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• Sá-Sousa, P. & Almeida, A.P. & Rosa, H. & Vicente, L. & Crespo, E.G. (2000) -  Genetic and morphological relationships of the Berlenga wall lizard (Podarcis bocagei berlengensis: Lacertidae).  -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 38 (2): 95-102.    

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  Six biometric characters and 15 electrophoretic loci of three known subspecies of Podarcis bocagei were studied. Contrary to biometric indications, Podarcis bocagei berlengensis showed a closer genetic relationship with Podarcis bocagei carbonelli than with the nominal subspecies. The biometric results were confounded by the relative large size of P. b. berlengensis. Post-glacial colonization from two different areas might explain the greater genetic differentiation between the P. b. bocagei and P. b. carbonelli populations (Nei`s D - 0.158 - near the species threshold). It might also explain the known colonization of these two lizards through the islands off the west coast of the Iberian penninsula and their present distributions to the north of (Galicia; Northern Portugal) and to the south of the valley of river Douro (central Portugal, western and Sistema Central), respectively.