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 & Habitat
Ratas Island, Spain
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
Source: Wikimedia Commons.
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