Iberolacerta martinezricai
| Iberolacerta martinezricai | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Iberolacerta |
| Species: | I. martinezricai |
| Binomial name | |
| Iberolacerta martinezricai (Arribas, 1996) | |
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Iberolacerta martinezricai 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
- ↑ "Iberolacerta martinezricai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 4 Pérez-Mellado V, Marquez R. 2005. Iberolacerta martinezricai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Iberolacerta martinezricai. - ↑ 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 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.
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