Aurelio's rock lizard
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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.[1]
Geographic range
I. aurelioi is found in a small area near the confluence of Andorra, Spain and France.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitats of I. aurelioi are temperate grassland, rocky areas, and pastureland, at altitudes of Script error: No such module "convert"..[2]
Description
A small species, I. aurelioi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of Script error: No such module "convert"..[3]
Reproduction
Conservation status
I. aurelioi is threatened by habitat loss.[2]
References
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- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Iberolacerta aurelioi, p. 13).
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- ↑ 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.