Darevskia defilippii

Darevskia defilippii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Genus:Darevskia
Species: D. defilippii
Binomial name
Darevskia defilippii
(Camerano, 1877)
Synonyms[1]
  • Podarcis defilippii
    Camerano, 1877
  • Lacerta muralis var. defilippii — Boettger, 1866
  • Lacerta saxicola var. defilippii — Méhelÿ, 1909
  • Lacerta raddei defilippii
    — Engelmann et al., 1993
  • Lacerta defilippii
    — Frynta et al., 1997
  • Darevskia defilippii
    — Arribas, 1997

Darevskia defilippii is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae lizard. The species is endemic to Iran.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, defilippii, is in honor of Italian zoologist Filippo de Filippi.[3]

Geographic range

D. defilippii is found in the Alborz Mountains of Iran.[2]

Habitat

D. defilippii lives in shrub vegetation from sea level to an altitude of 3,500 metres (11,500 ft).[2][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Darevskia defilippii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 3 http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/164716/0
  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. (Darevskia defilippii, p. 67).
  4. ↑ https://www.gbif.org/species/2469458

Further reading

  • Camerano L (1877). "Considerazioni sul genere Lacerta Linn. e descrizione di due nuove specie ". Atti della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 13: 79-98. (Podarcis defilippii, new species, pp. 90–92). (in Italian).


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