| Aurelio's rock lizard | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Iberolacerta |
| Species: | I. aurelioi |
| Binomial name | |
| Iberolacerta aurelioi (Arribas, 1994) | |
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Aurelio's rock lizard (Iberolacerta aurelioi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian peninsula.
Etymology
The specific name, aurelioi, is in honor of Aurelio Arribas, the father of the original describer of this species, Oscar J. Arribas.[3]
Geographic range
I. aurelioi is found in a small area near the confluence of Andorra, Spain and France.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitats of I. aurelioi are temperate grassland, rocky areas, and pastureland, at altitudes of 2,100–2,940 m (6,890–9,650 ft).[1]
Description
A small species, I. aurelioi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 6 cm (2.4 in).[4]
Reproduction
Conservation status
I. aurelioi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Marc Cheylan, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Iberolacerta aurelioi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61513A12497596. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61513A12497596.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - 1 2 Species Iberolacerta aurelioi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Iberolacerta aurelioi, p. 13).
- ↑ Arribas O (1994).
Further reading
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iberolacerta aurelioi.
- Arnold EN, Arribas O, Carranza S (2007). "Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera". Zootaxa 1430: 1–86. (Iberolacerta aurelioi, new combination).
- Arribas O (1994). "Una nueva especie de Lagartija de los Pirineos Orientales: Lacerta (Archaeolacerta) aurelioi sp. nov. (Reptilia: Lacertidae)". Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturale, Torino 12 (1): 327–351. (Lacerta aurelioi, new species). (in Spanish, with an abstract in English).
- García-Roa R, Iglesias-Carrasco M, Garin-Barrio I, Cabido C (2015). "Communal oviposition of Iberolacerta aurelioi (Squamata: Lacertidae) in the Spanish Pyrenees". Salamandra 51 (1): 61–62.
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