Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi (Müller, 1927:261)
Ratas Island lizard
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Lacerta lilfordi rodriquezi Müller, 1927:261 (original combination)
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: sometime between 1934 and 1936
The only known habitat of the Ratas Island lizard, Ratas Island, was completely destroyed between 1934 and 1936 (Peter Maas, 2010).
Distribution
Ratas Island, Spain
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Müller, L. (1927). 1. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Rassen von Lacerta lilfordi Gthr. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig, 73: 257-269.
Other references:
Compte Sart, A. (1968). La Fauna de Menorca y su origen (Síntesis de la fauna de Menorca, su naturaleza y un ensayo acerca de su origen). Revista de Menorca, Número extra, 212 pp.
Day, David. (1981). The Doomsday Book of Animals: A Natural History of Vanished Species. New York, N.Y.: The Viking Press.
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.
FRANZEN, M. & F. GLAW (2007): Type catalogue of reptiles in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. – Spixiana 30 (2): 201–274.
Maas, P.H.J. (2010). Ratas Island Lizard - Podarcis lilfordi rodriquezi. In: TSEW (2010). The Sixth Extinction Website. (http://www.petermaas.nl/extinct). Downloaded on December 11, 2010.
Müller, L. (1928). Die Inselrassen der Lacerta lilfordi (GTHR.). – Verhandlungen der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft 1928: 333–337.
Pérez-Mellado, V., Salvador, A. (1988). The balearic lizard: Podarcis lilfordi (Gunther, 1874) (Sauria, lacertidae) of Menorca. Arquivos do Museu Bocage, Nova Série, 1 (10): 127-195.
Pérez-Mellado, V. (1998). Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874). Pp. 272-282. En: Salvador, A. (Coord.). Reptiles. En: Ramos, M. A. et al. (Eds.). Fauna Ibérica. Museo nacional de Ciencias naturales, Madrid.
Salvador, A. (1986). Podarcis lilfordi (Günther, 1874) – Balearen-Eidechse. Pp. 83-110. En: Böhme, W. (Ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 2/II. Echsen (Sauria) III (Lacertidae III: Podarcis). Aula verlag, Wiesbaden.
Sindaco, R. and Jeremcenko, V. K. (2008). The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp.
http://www.lacerta.de/AS/Artikel.php?Article=110
http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/10083/podarcis-lilfordi-rodriquezi-island-lizard
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Podarcis&species=lilfordi