Eremias kavirensis
| Eremias kavirensis | |
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| Photograph taken in the Maranjab Sand dunes of Kashan, Isfahan, Iran | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Eremias |
| Species: | E. kavirensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eremias kavirensis Mozaffari & Parham, 2007 | |
Eremias kavirensis is a large Eremias lizard known only from Kavir National Park, Iran. It has a snout–vent length of up to 83 millimetres (3.3 in); the background colour of the dorsum is sandy, yellowish-brown, and broken by grey transverse bars that are sometimes bordered with darker brown margins. There are dark brown spots on the head that are larger on the posterior head scales. The dorsal side of the limbs has enlarged light spots that, on the tibia especially, merge into semi-transverse stripes.[2]
References
- ↑ Mozafar Sharifi & Theodore Papenfuss (2009). "Eremias kavirensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved May 10, 2012.
- ↑ Omid Mozaffari & James F. Parham (2007). "A new species of racerunner lizard (Lacertidae: Eremias) from Iran" (PDF). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 58 (28): 569–574.
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