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Species Locality Nb Ngm Code

Podarcis sicula Trecchina (S Italy) 10 0 S1
Podarcis sicula Catanzaro (S Italy) 6 0 S2
Podarcis sicula Linguaglossa (Sicily) 7 7 S3
Podarcis sicula Monte Pellegrino (Sicily) 11 11 S4
Podarcis sicula Targia (Sicily) 3 3 S5
Podarcis sicula Sortino (Sicily) 7 7 S6
Podarcis sicula Marsala (Sicily) 6 5 S7
Podarcis sicula Erice (Sicily) 4 5 S8
Podarcis sicula Favignana Island (Egadi Islands) 5 5 S9
Podarcis sicula Levanzo Island (Egadi Islands) 4 0 S10
Podarcis sicula Marettimo Island (Egadi Islands) 5 0 S11
Podarcis sicula Lipari Island (Aeolian Islands) 4 4 S12
Podarcis sicula Vulcano Island (Aeolian Islands) 4 0 S13
76 47
Total Zingaro (Sicily) 3 3 W1
Podarcis wagleriana Monte Pellegrino (Sicily) 8 8 W2
Podarcis wagleriana Ficuzza (Sicily) 6 6 W3
Podarcis wagleriana Porto Palo (Sicily) 1 1 W4
Podarcis wagleriana Simeto (Sicily) 1 2 W5
Podarcis wagleriana Levanzo Island (Egadi Islands) 3 3 W6
Podarcis wagleriana Favignana Island (Egadi Islands) 4 4 W7
Podarcis wagleriana Marettimo Island (Egadi Islands) 20 22 W8
Podarcis wagleriana 46 49
La Canna Islet (Aeolian Islands) 1 1 R1
Total Strombolicchio Islet (Aeolian Islands) 5 5 R2
Podarcis raffonei Scoglio Faraglione Islet (Aeolian Islands) 3 3 R3
Podarcis raffonei Vulcano Island (Aeolian Islands) 4 4 R4
Podarcis raffonei 13 13
Podarcis raffonei

Total

Tab. 1 Geographic and collecting data for Podarcis sicula, P. wagleriana and P. raffonei samples used in the present
study. Nb = number of individuals utilized for biometrical analysis; Ngm = number of specimens utilized for
geometric morphometrics of the dermal skull. For geographic origin of the studied material see figure 1.

Characters P. sicula (N = 76) P. wagleriana (N = 46) P. raffonei (N = 13)
X SE X SE X SE
SVL
HL 66.13 0.860 61.81 0.897 71.71 2.003
HH 16.96 0.231 14.92 0.207 16.83 0.310
AL 0.69 0.013 0.58 0.012 0.68 0.024
PL 25.54 0.311 22.03 0.305 25.03 0.729
FL 42.80 0.581 39.82 0.569 43.47 1.013
TL 21.62 0.269 21.11 0.827 21.20 0.402
143.26 2.183 128.25 4.040 149.25 6.238

Tab. 2 Mean (X) and Standard Error (SE) of seven biometric characters in P. sicula, P. wagleriana, and P. raffonei.
AL = hind leg length, FL = hind foot length, HH = head height, HL = head length, PL = forefoot length, SVL = snout-
vent length; TL = tail length.