Annotated checklist and distribution of the lizards of Iran
Šmíd, Jiří
Moravec, Jiří
Kodym, Petr
Kratochvíl, Lukáš
Yousefkhani, Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian
Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar
Frynta, Daniel
Zootaxa
2014
2014-08-20
3855
1
1
97
(Eversmann, 1834)
Eversmann
1834
[151,610,908,933]
Reptilia
Lacertidae
Darevskia
Animalia
Squamata
30
31
Chordata
species
praticola
TYPE. ZIL, collection number unknown ( Uetz 2013); Holotype SNPNo. 1473 (5) ( D. p. hyrcanica). TYPELOCALITY. Nardzana[= Kislowodsk, S Russia fide Tuniyev et al.(2011)].
DISTRIBUTION. A species with a disjunct range. Darevskiap. pontica(Lantz & Cyrén)(regarded a full species by Tuniyev et al.(2011)and Sos et al.(2012))occurs in the Balkans, the western part of the range. South Russiaand W Transcaucasia are inhabited by the nominotypical subspecies. Populations from SE Azerbaijanand N Iranwere assigned to a distinct subspecies, D. p. hyrcanicaTuniyev, Doronin, Kidov & Tuniyev, by Tuniyev et al.(2011). DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 85. Confined to a relatively small region by the SW Caspian Sea( Ardabiland Gilan Prov.). HABITAT. Open places in forested areas (pastures and hayfields) close to water reservoirs and places with moist soil ( Tuniyev et al.2011).
REFERENCES. Anderson (1999); Arnold et al.(2007); Tuniyev et al.(2011).
3342274404
[151,1269,943,968]
SNP
30
31
1
holotype
3342274532
[151,1041,980,1005]
Kislowodsk, S
Russia
Nardzana
30
31
1
holotype
3342274483
SW Caspian Sea
Iran
Ardabil
30
31
1
Ardabil