Iberolacerta martinezricai

Iberolacerta martinezricai
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Iberolacerta
Species:	I. martinezricai
Binomial name
Iberolacerta martinezricai (Arribas, 1996)
Synonyms[1]
Lacerta cyreni martinezricai Arribas, 1996 Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai — Mayer & Arribas, 2003 Iberolacerta monticola martinezricai — Crochet et al., 2004 Iberolacerta martinezricai — Arribas & Carranza, 2004

Iberolacerta martinezricai is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.^[2]

Etymology

The specific name, martinezricai, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Juan Pablo Martinez-Rica.^[3]

Geographic range

I. martinezricai is endemic to Spain.^[2]

Habitat

The natural habitats of I. martinezricai are temperate forests and rocky areas.^[2]

Conservation status

I. martinezricai is threatened by habitat loss.^[2]

References

1. "Iberolacerta martinezricai ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Pérez-Mellado V, Marquez R. 2005. Iberolacerta martinezricai. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
3. 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. (Iberolacerta martinezricai, p. 170).

Further reading

• Arribas OJ. 1996. “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”. Herpetozoa 9 (1/2): 31-56. (Lacerta cyreni martinezricai, new subspecies, pp. 54–55).
• Arribas, Oscar; Carranza, Salvador. 2004. “Morphological and genetic evidence of the full species status of Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai (Arribas,1996)”. Zootaxa 634: 1-24.