| Lacerta muralis von der Isla del Rey BRAUN, 1877 Lacerta muralis fusca BEDRIAGA, 1878 Lacerta muralis Var. balearica (Sous-variété c) BEDRIAGA, 1879 Lacerta muralis Var. lilfordi BOULENGER, 1905 Lacerta lilfordi balearica SCHREIBER, 1912 Lacerta lilfordi hospitalis EISENTRAUT, 1928 Lacerta lilfordi balearica EISENTRAUT, 1950 Podarcis lilfordi balearicus BÖHME & KÖHLER, 2005 Illa del Rei ESU PÉREZ-CEMBRANOS et al., 2020 |
Braun, M. (1877) - Lacerta lilfordi und Lacerta muralis. Zugleich ein Beitrag zur Reptilienfauna der kleinen Inseln des Mittelmeeres. - Arbeiten aus dem Zoologisch-zootomischen Institut in Würzburg, 4 (1): 1-66.   Bedriaga, J. von (1878) - Herpetologische Studien. - Archiv für Naturgeschichte, Berlin, 44 (1): 259-320.  Bedriaga, J. von (1879) - Memoire sur les variétés européennes du lézard des murailles. - Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France, Paris, 4: 194-228. Boulenger, G.A. (1905) - Balearic Islands - In: “A contribution to the knowledge of the varieties of the Wall-Lizard (Lacerta muralis) in western Europe and North Africa”. - Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 17: 369-376.  Schreiber, E. (1912) - Lacerta Lilfordi - Herpetologia europaea; eine systematische Bearbeitung der Amphibien und Reptilien welche bisher in Europa aufgefunden sind: 464-473. Eisentraut, M. (1928) - Vorläufige Diagnosen einiger neuer Rassen der balearischen Inseleidechse Lacerta lilfordi Gthr. - Das Aquarium, Berlin, August 1928: 121-124. Eisentraut, M. (1949) - Die Eidechsen der spanischen Mittelmeerinseln und ihre Rassenaufspaltung im Lichte der Evolution. - Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin, 26: 5-225. Böhme, W. & Köhler, J. (2005) - Do Endings of Adjective Flectible Species Names Affect Stability? A Final Note on the Gender of Podarcis Wagler, 1830 (Reptilia, Lacertidae). - Bonner zoologische Beiträge, Bonn, 53: 291-293.  × We here reply to the arguments put forward by ARNOLD (2000) and LANZA & BOSCHERIN (2000) concerning the gender of the genus Podarcis. ARNOLD`S argument that a change of endings ot adjective flectible species names threatens stability is rejected by clearly following the articles of the current edition of the Code (ICZN 1999). We finally conclude that the gender of Podarcis must be masculine for the following reasons: (1) WAGLER (1830) did not determine the gender by combination with any species name nor by statement, (2) the name Podarcis is of common variable gender, (3) the Principle of First Reviser does not apply to determination of gender of names, (4) the Code clearly states that a name of common variable gender is to be treated as masculine. Pérez-Cembranos, A. & Pérez-Mellado, V. & Alemany, I. & Bassitta, M. & Terrasa, B. & Picornell, A. & Castro, J.A. & Brown, R.P. & Ramon, C. (2020) - Morphological and genetic diversity of the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874): Is it relevant to its conservation? - Diversity and Distributions. https://doi. org/10.1111/ddi.13107 × Aims: To characterize the genetic and morphological diversification of the endan- gered Balearic lizard Podarcis lilfordi and to assess the relevance of this diversity, and how it is described, to conservation measures.
Location: This study covers all the populations of the Balearic lizard, Podarcis lilfordi, present in its range of distribution at coastal islets of Menorca, Mallorca and Cabrera Archipelago.
Methods: We analysed genetic and morphological variation across the 43 known extant populations of the Balearic lizard, using mitochondrial and nuclear markers. We examined morphometric and scalation characters using, in some cases, phyloge- netically independent contrasts. We also incorporated the study of dorsal coloration and dorsal colour pattern including the analysis of melanism in several populations. Results: We detected clear genetic divergence between Menorcan populations and populations from Mallorca and Cabrera, in both nuclear and mtDNA markers, but genetic divergence is relatively low among different insular populations within these groups. In contrast, morphological divergence was substantial both between Menorcan and remaining populations and within these groups. Morphological traits, such as dorsal coloration, body size and the number and size of scales, seemed to be linked with differences in climatic conditions between populations. In addition, some traits, as melanism, showed a strong phylogenetic signal.
Main conclusions: The morphological and genetic diversity of the Balearic lizard is incongruent with the subspecies described in the classical taxonomic literature. Moreover, current populations differ not only in some genetic and morphological features, but also in several ecological and ethological characteristics, in many cases unique to one population. Based on our results, we propose abandoning the use of subspecies to describe the extraordinary morphological diversity of the Balearic liz- ard and its replacement with the concept of evolutionary significant units (ESUs). ESUs are particularly suitable to describe and recognize such diversity and, especially, to ensure the continuity of the evolutionary process.
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