Iranolacerta zagrosica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Tribus: Lacertini
Genus: Iranolacerta
Species: Iranolacerta zagrosica

Name

• Iranolacerta zagrosica (Rastegar-Pouyani & Nilson, 1998)

Holotype: GNHM Re. ex. 5149, adult ♂, collected by N. Rastegar-Pouyani on 14 August 1996.

Type locality: “Zagros Mountains, at about 2450 m elevation, 3 km northwest of Fereydin Shahr (50º40'E, 32º58'N), about 140 km northwest of Esfahan city, Esfahan Province, west-central Iran”.

Combinations

• Lacerta zagrosica Rastegar-Pouyani & Nilson, 1998: 268 [original combination]
• Iranolacerta zagrosica — Arnold, Arribas & Carranza, 2007: 46 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Nilson, G. 1998. A new species of Lacerta (Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Zagros mountains, Esfahan Province, West-Central Iran. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series 50(10): 267–277. BHL Reference page. 
• Arnold, E.N., Arribas, O. & Carranza, S. 2007. Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera. Zootaxa 1430: 1–86. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Iranolacerta zagrosica. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 10 April 2019.
• Nilson, G. 2009. IUCN: Iranolacerta zagrosica  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T29482A9500769. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T29482A9500769.en

Vernacular names

• English: Zagros Mountains Lizard