Apathya
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Apathya is a Schuppenkriechtiergattung from the family of Real lizards (Lacertidae). Two types are distinguished; Apathya cappadocica , which occurs in five subspecies in Anatolia , Syria , Iraq and northern Iran, and Apathya yassujica , whichis endemic to the Zāgros Mountains in Iran.
features
The Apathya species reach a head-trunk length of 83 mm and a total length of 250 mm, whereby the adult males are often larger than the females. The head and body are usually quite flattened. There are individual, clear, scale keels under the toes. In the lower eyelid is a transparent window that consists of several black-framed scales. The sides of the snout have variable scaling, which can include up to three postnasal and three loreal horn scales , and an additional scale is located between the rostral scutum and the nasal scutum .
The dorsal pattern of the adult Apathya cappadocia is more or less striped, banded or reticulated, often with fairly broad, bright dorsolateral stripes, the exact pattern varying geographically. Apathya yassujica is often monochrome on top. The background color is blue-green to grayish. Blue ocelles are often present in the shoulder area and over the flanks. In A. cappadocica the strong pigmentation of the underside is absent, while in A. yassujica it is whitish or sometimes has a blue-green hue. In A. yassujica , the neck and the adjacent chest area are yellowish-orange. The neck and chin are covered with dark spots in both species. There are no bruises on the outer ventral row of scales. The juveniles are similar to the adults, but their coloration is more contrasting and the tail is blue.
Habitat and way of life
The apathya species often climb rock faces. The male bites into the flank of the female during mating . The clutch consists of three to seven eggs.
Systematics
The generic name Apathya was introduced in 1907 by the Hungarian zoologist Lajos Méhelÿ for the Cappadocian lizard , which was described by Franz Werner in 1902 as Lacerta cappadocica . In 2007, Apathya was recognized as a valid genus by Edwin Nicholas Arnold and his colleagues after the closely related Yassujian lizard ( Lacerta yassujica ) was described in 2003 . The new combinations Apathya cappadocica and Apathya yassujica have been established for both species . The epithet refers to the Hungarian histologist Stephan Apáthy . (A)
annotation
literature
- Josef Eiselt : Results of zoological collecting trips in Turkey Lacerta cappadodica WERNER, 1902 (Lacertidae, Reptilia) Annals of the Natural History Museum in Vienna, No. 82, 1979, pp. 387-421 (contains morphological information on the then monotypical genus Apathya , the first description of the Subspecies Lacerta cappadocica muhtari and Lacerta cappadocica schmidtlerorum as well as distinguishing features of all five subspecies of Lacerta cappadodica )
- Paschalia Kapli, Dimitra Botoni, Çetin Ilgaz, Yusuf Kumlutaş, Aziz Avcı, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Behzad Fathinia, Petros Lymberakis, Faraham Ahmadzadeh, Nikos Poulakakya: Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeography (Squizard phylogeny and Anatolizard). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution Volume 66, Issue 3, March 2013, pp. 992-1001 doi : 10.1016 / j.ympev.2012.12.002
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lajos Méhely: Archaeo- and Neolacerten. (Reply to Mr. GA Boulenger, FRS and Dr. F. Werner). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, Volume 5, 1907, pp. 469-493
- ^ E. Nicholas Arnold, Oscar Arribas, Salvador Carranza: Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera (= Zootaxa . 1430). Magnolia Press, Auckland 2007, ISBN 978-1-86977-097-6 . (Digitized version, PDF; 2.76 MB)
- ↑ G. Nilson, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, E. Rastegar-Pouyani, C. Andrén: Lacertas of South and Central Zagros Mountains, Iran, with Description of Two New Taxa Russian Journal of Herpetology Vol. 10, No. 1, 2003, pp. 11-24