Iberolacerta cyreni
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Iberolacerta |
| Species: | I. cyreni |
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Iberolacerta cyreni is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to central Spain.
Etymology
The specific name, cyreni, is in honor of Swedish herpetologist Carl August Otto Cyrén.
Description
I. cyreni measures up to 8 cm (3.1 in) snout-to-vent, 24 cm (9.4 in) including the tail.
Diet
The diet of I. cyreni is composed mainly of invertebrates such as insects or spiders.[2]
Habitat
The natural habitats of I. cyreni are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, rocky areas, and plantations .
Conservation status
I. cyreni is threatened by habitat loss.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies of I. cyreni which are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- Iberolacerta cyreni castilliana (Arribas, 1996)
- Iberolacerta cyreni cyreni (L. Müller & Hellmich, 1937)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Iberolacerta.
References
- 1 2 "Iberolacerta cyreni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26. pp154
Source
- Pérez-Mellado, Valentin; Cheylan, Marc; Martínez-Solano, Iñigo (2005). Iberolacerta cyreni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
Further reading
- Arribas, Oscar J. (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 (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae)". Herpetozoa 9 (1/2): 31-56.
- Müller, Lorenz; Hellmich, Walter (1937). "Mitteilungen über die Herpetofauna der Iberischen Halbinsel. II. Zur Kenntnis der Lacerta monticola". Zoologische Anzeiger 117 (3/4): 65-73. (Lacerta monticola cyreni, new subspecies, p. 67). (in German).