Iberolacerta martinezricai
Appearance
Iberolacerta martinezricai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Iberolacerta |
Species: | I. martinezricai
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Binomial name | |
Iberolacerta martinezricai (Arribas, 1996)
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Synonyms[1] | |
Iberolacerta martinezricai, Martinez-Rica's rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, martinezricai, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Juan Pablo Martinez-Rica.[3]
Geographic range
I. martinezricai is endemic to Spain.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitats of I. martinezricai are temperate forests and rocky areas.[2]
Conservation status
I. martinezricai is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
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- ^ "Iberolacerta martinezricai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b c d Pérez-Mellado V, Marquez R, Martínez-Solano I (2009). Iberolacerta martinezricai. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Iberolacerta martinezricai, p. 170).
Further reading
- Arribas OJ (1996). “Taxonomic revision of the Iberian ‘Archaeolacertae’ I.: A new interpretation of the geographical variation of ‘Lacerta’ monticola Boulenger, 1905 and ‘Lacerta’ cyreni Müller & Hellmich, 1937”. Herpetozoa 9 (1/2): 31–56. (Lacerta cyreni martinezricai, new subspecies, pp. 54–55).
- Arribas, Oscar; Carranza, Salvador (2004). “Morphological and genetic evidence of the full species status of Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai (Arribas,1996)”. Zootaxa 634: 1-24.