Podarcis vaucheri

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| image = Andalusian Wall Lizard (Podarcis vaucheri).jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

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| genus = Podarcis

| species = vaucheri

| authority = (Boulenger, 1905)

| synonyms = *Lacerta muralis Var. vaucheri
{{small|Boulenger, 1905}}

Lacerta (Podarcis) bocagei vaucheri
{{small|— Mertens & L. Müller, 1940}}
Lacerta hispanica vaucheri
{{small|— Klemmer, 1959}}
Podarcis hispanica vaucheri
{{small|— Arnold, 1973}}
Podarcis vaucheri
{{small|— Oliverio et al., 2000}}

| synonyms_ref ={{EMBL species|genus=Podarcis|species=vaucheri}} www.reptile-database.org.

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Podarcis vaucheri, the Andalusian wall lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to northern Africa and southern Spain.

Etymology

The specific name, vaucheri, is in honor of Swiss botanist Henri Vaucher (1856–1910).Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Podarcis vaucheri, p. 273).

Geographic range

P. vaucheri is found in Algeria, Morocco, Spain, and Tunisia.

Habitat

The natural habitats of P. vaucheri are temperate forests, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, pastureland, rural gardens, and urban areas, at altitudes from sea level to {{convert|3,100|m|ft|abbr=on}}.

Reproduction

P. vaucheri is oviparous.

Conservation status

P. vaucheri is not considered a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).Mateo JA, Cheylan M, Nouira MS, Joger U, Sá-Sousa P, Pérez Mellado V, Martinez Solano I (2009). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61556/all Podarcis vaucheri]. [http://www.iucnredlist.org IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009.] Downloaded on 01 October 2020.