Aurelio's rock lizard

Aurelio's rock lizard (Iberolacerta aurelioi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to the Iberian peninsula.

Aurelio's rock lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Iberolacerta
Species:
I. aurelioi
Binomial name
Iberolacerta aurelioi
(Arribas, 1994)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta (Archaeolacerta) aurelioi
    Arribas, 1994
  • Iberolacerta (Pyrenesaura) aurelioi
    — Arribas, 1997
  • Iberolacerta aurelioi
    — Arnold et al., 2007

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

I. aurelioi is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

I. aurelioi is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

References
  1. 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)
  2. Species Iberolacerta aurelioi at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).
  4. Arribas O (1994).
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Further reading
  • 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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