Iranolacerta brandtii

Iranolacerta brandtii
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Iranolacerta
Species:	I. brandtii
Binomial name
	Iranolacerta brandtii; (De Filippi, 1863)
Synonyms
	Lacerta brandtii ; De Filippi, 1863; Darevskia brandtii ; — Arribas, 1997; Iranoacerta brandtii ; — Arnold, Arribas & Carranza, 2007;

Iranolacerta brandtii, also known commonly as Brandt's Persian lizard,^[2] is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to eastern Europe and western Asia. There are two recognized subspecies.

Etymology

I. brandtii is named after Johann Friedrich von Brandt, a German zoologist, surgeon, pharmacologist, and botanist.^[2]^[3]

I. brandtii is found in southern Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, and Turkey.^[2]

The preferred natural habitats of I. brandtii are rocky areas, grassland, and shrubland, at altitudes of 500–2,600 m (1,600–8,500 ft).^[1]

Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

Iranolacerta brandtii brandtii (De Filippi, 1863)
Iranolacerta brandtii esfahanica (Nilson, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, E. Rastegar-Pouyani & Andrén, 2003)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Iranolacerta.

^ ^a ^b Tuniyev B, Ananjeva NB, Agasyan A, Orlov NL, Tuniyev S, Anderson S (2009). "Iranolacerta brandtii (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164697A114559373. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164697A5918527.en. Downloaded on 15 December 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Iranolacerta brandtii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 15 December 2018.
^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Iranolacerta brandtii, p. 37).