Spain / Balearic Islands / Cabrera Archipelago / El Carabassot de S’Estell d’en Terra. (Xapat Petit in the original description).

Evolutionarily significant unit:

Podarcis lilfordi

    Xapat Petit ESU  (SALVADOR, 1979)

Synonyms:

Lacerta lilfordi xapaticola   SALVADOR, 1979

Xapat Petit ESU   PÉREZ-CEMBRANOS et al., 2020 1

Types:

Paratypes Lacerta lilfordi xapaticola collected on El Carabassot de S’Estell d’en Terra (Xapat Petit): MNCN 14560-14569; 14557-14559.

Terra Typica:

Xapat Petit (Islas Baleares) (SALVADOR 1979).


Taxonomic notes:

(1): By implication.

For the ESU’s of the former subspecies Lacerta lilfordi xapaticola we use the Spanish name from the original description in connection with the simplification of these names.

www.lacerta.de, 2021


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Salvador, A. (1979) -  Materiales para una ‘Herpetofauna balearica‘. 2. Taxonomia de las lagartijas balears del archipiélago de Cabrera. -  Bonner zoologische Beiträge, Bonn, 30: 176-191.  

  • 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