Iberolacerta martinezricai

Iberolacerta martinezricai, Martinez-Rica's rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[2]

Iberolacerta martinezricai
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Iberolacerta
Species:	I. martinezricai
Binomial name
Iberolacerta martinezricai (Arribas, 1996)
Synonyms[1]
Lacerta cyreni martinezricai Arribas, 1996 Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai — Mayer & Arribas, 2003 Iberolacerta monticola martinezricai — Crochet et al., 2004 Iberolacerta martinezricai — Arribas & Carranza, 2004

Etymology

The specific name, martinezricai, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Juan Pablo Martinez-Rica.[3]

Geographic range

I. martinezricai is endemic to Spain.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of I. martinezricai are temperate forests and rocky areas.[2]

Conservation status

I. martinezricai is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

1. "Iberolacerta martinezricai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Pérez-Mellado V, Marquez R, Martínez-Solano I (2009). Iberolacerta martinezricai. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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. (Iberolacerta martinezricai, p. 170).

Further reading

• Arribas OJ (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”. Herpetozoa 9 (1/2): 31–56. (Lacerta cyreni martinezricai, new subspecies, pp. 54–55).
• Arribas, Oscar; Carranza, Salvador (2004). “Morphological and genetic evidence of the full species status of Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai (Arribas,1996)”. Zootaxa 634: 1-24.