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Iberolacerta martinezricai

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Species of lizard

Iberolacerta martinezricai
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Iberolacerta
Species: I. martinezricai
Binomial name
Iberolacerta martinezricai
(Arribas, 1996)
Synonyms
  • Lacerta cyreni martinezricai
    Arribas, 1996
  • Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai
    — Mayer & Arribas, 2003
  • Iberolacerta monticola martinezricai
    — Crochet et al., 2004
  • Iberolacerta martinezricai
    — Arribas & Carranza, 2004

Iberolacerta martinezricai, Martinez-Rica's rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

Etymology

The specific name, martinezricai, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Juan Pablo Martinez-Rica.

Geographic range

I. martinezricai is endemic to Spain.

Habitat

The natural habitats of I. martinezricai are temperate forests and rocky areas.

Conservation status

I. martinezricai is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. ^ Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Rafael Marquez, Iñigo Martínez-Solano (2009). "Iberolacerta martinezricai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T61516A12499291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61516A12499291.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. "Iberolacerta martinezricai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Iberolacerta martinezricai


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