Darevskia defilippii

Darevskia defilippii, the Elburs lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae lizard. The species is endemic to Iran.[1]

Darevskia defilippii

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Darevskia
Species:
D. defilippii
Binomial name
Darevskia defilippii
(Camerano, 1877)
Synonyms[2]
  • 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

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.[4]

Habitat

D. defilippii lives in shrub vegetation from sea level to an altitude of 3,500 metres (11,500 ft).[4][5]

  • Alborz lizard
  • Alborz lizard
  • Alborz lizard
  • Alborz lizard
  • Alborz lizard
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References
  1. Nilson, G.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Papenfuss, T.; Shafiei Bafti, S.; Anderson, S. (2017). "Darevskia defilippii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T107655417A91754884. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T107655417A91754884.en. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  2. "Darevskia defilippii ". 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. (Darevskia defilippii, p. 67).
  4. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/164716/0. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. "Darevskia defilippii (Camerano, 1877)".

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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