Teira
| Teira | |
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| Madeiran Wall Lizard (Teira dugesii) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Lacertilia |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Teira Gray, 1838 |
| Species | |
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Up to three: | |
Teira is a genus of lizards in the family Lacertidae. The classification within this family is unstable and Teira is sometimes treated as a subgenus of Lacerta or Podarcis.[1][2] Up to three species are included in Teira but the evidence for a close relationship between them is weak.[2] They are small to medium-sized lizards reaching up to 235 mm in length.[3] They are native to northwest Africa, the Madeiran islands and the Selvagens.[3]
Species list
- Madeiran Wall Lizard (T. dugesii): the type species.[3] Native to the Madeiran archipelago and the Selvagens and introduced to the Azores and Lisbon harbour.[4]
- Moroccan Rock Lizard (T. perspicillata): native to Morocco and Algeria and introduced to Menorca.[4] Sometimes placed in the genus, Scelarcis.[5]
- Atlas Dwarf Lizard (T. andreanskyi): High Atlas mountains of Morocco.[6] It's now placed in the genus Atlantolacerta.[5]
References
- ↑ Harris, D.J. & M.A. Carretero (2003) Comments on the taxonomic value of (sub)genera within the family Lacertidae (Reptilia), Amphibia-Reptilia, 24: 119-122.
- 1 2 Oliverio, Marco; Marco A. Bologna and Paolo Mariottini (2000) Molecular biogeography of the Mediterranean lizards Podarcis Wagler, 1830 and Teira Gray, 1838 (Reptilia, Lacertidae), Journal of Biogeography, 27: 1403–1420.
- 1 2 3 Mayer, W. & W. Bischoff (1996) Beiträge zur taxonomischen Revision der Gattung Lacerta (Reptilia: Lacertidae). Teil 1: Zootoca, Omanosaura, Timon und Teira als eigenständige Gattungen. Salamandra, 32, 163–170.
- 1 2 Arnold, Nicholas & Denys Ovendon (2004) A Field Guide to the Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe, 2nd ed., Collins, London.
- 1 2 Arnold, E. Nicholas; Oscar Arribas & Salvador Carranza 92007) Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata : Lacertidae : Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera, Zootaxa, 1430:1-86.
- ↑ Geniez, P. (2006) Atlantolacerta andreanskyi. In: IUCN (2011) IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. Downloaded on 20 November 2011.
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