Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768) – Jaszczurka murowa – Common wall lizard
The information contained in the Alien Species in Poland database is purely scientific and does not constitute legal advice or carry legal authority.
Status
The species is alien to some parts of Poland and cryptogenic to other parts of Poland (it is not possible to determine if it is alien or native in these areas)
Currently present in the environment
Reproducing in the environment
Numbers or/and range stable
Two isolated populations were discovered in southwestern Poland in 2011 and 2013. Both populations inhabit quarries.
No data available to assess invasiveness in Poland
General charactreristics
Description and biology
Males and females look alike. Predator
Occurrence
Map of occurrence
Areas on the map correspond to pemanent occurrence of the species. Points on the map indicate introduction places and/or single records of the species; they do not always correspond to current presence of the species in a given locality.
Information that could update the map of occurence of the species can be sent to ias@iop.krakow.pl
Earliest introduction/record
in 2011
Types of transport
- Unintentional transport to Poland
Pathways of introduction
- Vehicles (car, train, …)
Type of release into natural environment
- Transport- Stowaway
References
- Chlebicki A. 1988. Herpetofauna Wzgórz Strzelińskich na Dolnym Śląsku Acta Universitatis Wratislaviensis 972. Pr. Zool. 19: 37-52.
- Dudek K. 2014. Railroads as anthropogenic dispersal corridors. Possible way of the colonization of Poland by a common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis, Lacertidae) Ecological Questions 20: 71-73.
- Fejerváry G. J. 1923. Über die von Dr. A. Pongrácz in Polen gesammelten Amphibien und Reptilien Archiv für Naturgeschichte 89: 1-35.
- Fudakowski J. 1958. Remarks on the herpetological fauna of Poland Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 2: 825-844.
- Jablonski D., Gvoždík V., Choleva L., Jandzik D., Moravec J., Mačát Z., Veselý M. 2019. Tracing the maternal origin of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) on the northern range margin in Central Europe Mitochondrion 46: 149-157. link
- Kolenda K., Kowalik C., Kusmierek N., Starzecka A., Skawiński T. 2022. Current distribution and introduction routes of Podarcis lizards into Poland 21st European Congress of Herpetology: Belgrade Program & Book of Abstracts link
- Kolenda K., Skawiński, T., Majtyka T., Majtyka M., Kuśmierek N., Starzecka, A., Jablonski D. 2020. Biology and origin of isolated north-easternmost populations of the common wall lizard, Podarcis muralis Amphibia-Reptilia 1: 1-15. link
- Kołtowska M. 2012. Herpetofauna Wzgórz Strzelińskich i okolic w latach 2007-2008 Przyroda Sudetów 15: 113-134.
- Kowalik C., Skawiński T., Boesl D., Celiński D., Jablonski D., Kolenda K. 2024. Tracking the origin and current distribution of wall lizards (Podarcis spp.) in Poland Amphibia-Reptilia 1(aop): 1-15. link
- Pax F. 1925. Wirbeltierfauna von Schlesien Faunistische und tiergeographische Untersuchungen im Odergebiet Gebrüder Borntraeger Verlag, Berlin
- Vlček P., Zavadil V. 2019. Recently documented occurrence of the Common Wall Lizard (Podarcis muralis) in the Czech part of Silesia Acta Musei Silesiae, Scientiae Naturales 68. link
- Wirga M., Majtyka T. 2013. Records of the Common Wall Lizard Podarcis muralis (Laurenti, 1768) (Squamata: Lacertidae) from Poland Herpetology Notes 6: 421-423. link
- Wirga M., Majtyka T. 2015. Do climatic requirements explain the northern range of European reptiles? Common wall lizard Podarcis muralis (Laur.) (Squamata, Lacertidae) as an example North-Western Journal of Zoology 11. link
- Wirga M., Majtyka T. 2015. Herpetofauna of the opencast mines in Lower Silesia Fragmenta Faunistica 58. link
Author(s): Krzysztof Kolenda, Tomasz Skawiński
Life form: Reptile
Phylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Polish synonyms: Murówka
