The specific name, raffonei or raffoneae, is in honor of Dr. Antonia Raffone, wife of Dr. Antonino Trischitta.

[3] The natural habitats of P. raffonei are Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation and rocky shores.

[4] The overall population of P. raffonei is around one thousand specimens distributed on a surface not bigger than 20,000 m2 (.008 mi2).

It is believed that once this rare lizard inhabited a larger area, but the competition with the very common Italian wall lizard, introduced by man, reduced its distribution to a smaller area.

This lizard from family Lacertidae article is a stub.