From southern Russia and southern Ukraine, through southern Moldova, and eastern and southern Romania (excluding the Danube Delta), to Bulgaria, Macedonia, eastern and southern Serbia, Albania, mainland Greece and the Ionian Islands, northwestern Türkiye, southeastern Czech Republic and Hungary. 

Species:

tauricus  (GEORGI, 1801)

Synonyms:

Lacerta taurica  PALLAS, 1814

Lacerta taurica thasopulae   KATTINGER, 1942

Podarcis taurica   ENGELMANN et al, 1993

Podarcis tauricus  BÖHME & KÖHLER, 2005 (by implication)

Common names:

Balkan Wall Lizard (English)
Taurische Eidechse (German)
Крымская ящерица (Russian)

Types:

Holotype: lost

Terra Typica:

“Balaklava” (southern Crimean Peninsula).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Georgi, J.G. (1801) -  Der systematischen Anzeige bisher bekannt gewordener Thierarten des Russischen Reichs. Dritte Klasse. Amphibien.  -  Geographisch- pysikalische und Naturhistorische Beschreibung des Rußischen Reichs zur Uebersicht bisheriger Kenntnisse von demselben. Des dritten Theils siebenter Band. Bisher bekannt gewordene Thierarten.- Königsberg (F. Nicolovius). pp. 1864-1886.  

  • Psonis, N. & Antoniou, A. & Kukushkin, O. & Jablonski, D. & Petrov, B. & Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J. & Sotiropoulos, K. & Gherghel, I. & Lymberakis, P. & Poulakakis, N. (2017) -  Hidden diversity in the Podarcis tauricus (Sauria, Lacertidae) species subgroup in the light of multilocus phylogeny and species delimitation. -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 106: 6-17.     

  • Psonis, N. & Antoniou, A. & Karameta, E. & Leaché, A.D. & Kotsakiozi, P. & Darriba, D. & Kozlov, A. & Stamatakis, A. & Poursanidis, D. & Kukushkin, O. & Jablonski, D. & Crnobrnja–Isailović, J. & Gherghel, I. & Lymberakis, P. & Poulakakis, N. (2018) -  Resolving complex phylogeographic patterns in the Balkan Peninsula using closely related wall-lizard species as a model system. -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 125: 100-115.    

  • Schmidtler, J.F. (2022) -  Bibliographische Hintergründe zur kuriosen nomenklatorischen Geschichte der Taurischen Eidechse, nunmehr Podarcis tauricus (Georgi, 1801). -  Sekretär, 22: 80-92.