Albania, Greece and Ionic Islands. 

Species:

Podarcis ionicus  (LEHRS, 1902)

Synonyms:

Lacerta ionica   LEHRS, 1902

Lacerta taurica var. ionica   BOULENGER, 1907

Lacerta taurica jonica  WERNER, 1920

Podarcis taurica ionica   BISCHOFF & BISCHOFF, 1980

Podarcis ionicus   PSONIS et al., 2017

Podarcis tauricus ionicus   BÖHME & KÖHLER, 2005 (by implication)

Common names:

Ionic Wall Lizard (English)
Ionische Eidechse (German)

Types:

Syntypes: NMW 15721:1-9

Terra Typica:

Kephallonia, Kerkyra (Corfu Island).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Lehrs, P. (1902) -  Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Lacerta und einer verkannten Form: Lacerta ionica. -  Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig, 25: 225-237.  

  • 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.