Martinez Rica mountain lizard
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Martinez rica mountain lizard ( Iberolacerta martinezricai ) |
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The Martinez Rican mountain lizard ( Iberolacerta martinezricai ) is a representative of the real lizards .
features
The body length of adult males is a maximum of 70 mm, the tail becomes about twice as long. Females stay a bit smaller, have a narrower head and are much more slender. Their basic color is brown to gray-brown in all possible shades. The pattern of the males consists of a mosaic of dark spots on a lighter background. The flanks are green, the back, like the females, brown.
nutrition
Insects, arachnids and other arthropods
Way of life
After a hibernation from the end of September to the end of April, the animals reproduce in midsummer (June / July). The species is oviparous , but no detailed information is available on the number of eggs and the incubation period.
habitat
The species lives in areas free of vegetation such as rocks and scree slopes at altitudes between 840 and 1730 m.
distribution
The Martinez Rica mountain lizard is endemic to western central Spain . It occurs only in the "Sierra de Francia" mountain range in the province of Salamanca .
literature
- Oscar J. Arribas: 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 (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). In: Herpetozoa. Vol. 9, No. 1/2, 1996, ISSN 1013-4425 , pp. 31-56, digitized version (PDF; 4.6 MB) .
- Werner Mayer, Oscar Arribas: Phylogenetic relationships of the European lacertid genera Archaeolacerta and Iberolacerta and their relationships to some other 'Archaeolacertae' (sensu lato) from Near East, derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences. In: Journal of zoological Systematics & evolutionary Research. Vol. 41, No. 3, 2003, pp. 157-161, doi : 10.1046 / j.1439-0469.2003.00223.x .
Web links
- Iberolacerta martinezricai inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Valentin Pérez-Mellado, Rafael Marquez, Iñigo Martínez-Solano, 2008. Retrieved January 30, 2014.
- Iberolacerta martinezricai in The Reptile Database