Iberolacerta cyreni

Iberolacerta cyreni, Cyren's rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to central Spain.

Iberolacerta cyreni
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Iberolacerta
Species:	I. cyreni
Binomial name
Iberolacerta cyreni (L. Müller & Hellmich, 1937)
Synonyms[1]
Lacerta monticola cyreni L. Müller & Hellmich, 1937 Lacerta cyreni — Arribas, 1996 Iberolacerta cyreni — Arribas, 1997

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. "Iberolacerta cyreni ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2013-11-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) pp154

Sources

• 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).
• Horváth, Gergely; Martín, José; López, Pilar; Garamszegi, László Zsolt; Bertók, Péter; Heczeg, Gábor (2016). "Blood Parasite Infection Intensity Covaries with Risk-Taking Personality in Male Carpetan Rock Lizards (Iberolacerta cyreni)". Ethology 122: 1–9.
• Horváth, Gergely; Martín, José; López, Pilar; Garamszegi, László Zsolt; Herczeg, Gábor (2017). "Food and vitamin D3 availability affects lizard personalities: an experiment" Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 27.