Maltese Wall Lizard (Podarcis filfolensis) ©

            Cominotto Island male Maltese Wall Lizard (Podarcis filfolensis) feeding on discarded tourist's banana

The Maltese Wall Lizard is endemic to the Maltese Islands and the Pelagian Islands of Linosa and Lampione which, although politically belonging to Italy, are faunistically part of the Maltese Archipelago. 

A feature of wall lizards in general is that they tend to be highly variable in colour and markings, especially in species in which the various populations are cut off from each other and are therefore reproductively isolated. This is particularly evident in the case of those species which occur on archipelagos, where very often each island has its own race with its own distinct colour pattern. The Maltese Wall Lizard is no exception and specimens from the various islands of the Maltese Archipelago may be so different that it is difficult to believe that they all belong to the same species. These reproductively isolated populations are called geographical races or subspecies and are given separate names.

The lizards of Filfla are markedly different and tend to be large (25 - 28 cm including tail) and predominantly black with small bluish or greenish spots, or else brown with heavy dark markings. These differ considerably from the lizards on Malta, Gozo and Comino which are smaller (17- 20 cm) and much lighter in colour having a grey, brown or green ground colour with darker markings on the back and sides, especially in the males.

Photo by Nick Dobbs, Cominotto, Malta 06-06-2022

Taken in: Malta / Għajnsielem / Comino (show map)

Taken on: June 6, 2022

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Camera: Sony DSC-RX10M4, f/5.6, 1/500 sec, 32.4mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSC-RX10M4
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Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	32.4mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	On, Return detected
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
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