Darevskia defilippii (CAMERANO, 1877)
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Darevskia defilippii
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Elburs Lizard |
| Synonym | Podarcis defilippii CAMERANO 1877: 90 Lacerta muralis BLANFORD 1876 Lacerta muralis var. defilippii — BOETTGER 1886 Lacerta muralis fusca var. persica BEDRIAGA 1886 Lacerta saxicola var. defilippii — MEHELY 1909: 519 Podarcis muralis var. defilippii — BOULENGER 1920: 288 Lacerta saxicola defilippii — FORCART 1950 Lacerta raddei defilippi — ENGELMANN et al. 1993 Lacerta defilippii — FRYNTA et al. 1997 Darevskia defilippii — ARRIBAS 1997 Lacerta defilippii — ANDERSON 1999 Lacerta defilippii — SZCZERBAK 2003 Darevskia defilippii — ARNOLD et al. 2007 Lacerta (Darevskia) defilippii — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 Darevskia defilippii — AHMADZADEH et al. 2013: 11 |
| Distribution | N Iran (western part of the Alborz mountains), elevation up to 3355 m Type locality: Damavand Mountain, North Iran |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Syntypes: MRSN (= MSNTO) R2734, R2713; 3 specimens: Iran, Tehran Province, Lar Valley, F. De Filippi (MSNTO R2713); 3 specimens: Iran, Tehran Province, Damavand, F. De Filippi (MSNTO R2734). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Camerano (1877) distinguishes this species from Podarcis muralis by a more flattened and proportionally shorter head; narrower parietal plates, external sides bordered by a series of small horizontal plates; temporal region covered with numerous small scales; masseteric shield sometimes missing and located much nearer to tympanum than to posterior angle of the eye; 6–8 much smaller and shorter supralabials; relatively smaller tympanum; dorsal scales not keeled, rounded and not imbricate (i.e., smooth); ventral plates in 6 longitudinal rows. We further restrict this species to comprise all individuals belonging to the Western Alborz clade featuring a combination of ventral plates with nearly rectilinear posterior margins in 19–26 transversal and 6 longitu- dinal rows; 44–55 dorsal scales across middle of back; 7–14 collar scales; 30–42 small scales along fold among ears; 21–30 gular scales from angle between maxillar scales to collar; 14–20 femoral pores; 25–30 scales under fourth toe; 5–7 supraciliar scales; 6–19 supraciliar granules; 0–4 scales between masseteric and supra- temporal shields; 1–6 scales between masseteric and tympanic shields; 2 large preanal scales; rostral separated from nostril. The maximum snout-vent length is 54.8 mm in males and 54.3 mm in females. |
| Comment | Synonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.) Habitat. Rocky outcrops at the upper margin of the Hyrcanian forest at elevations from 750 m to 2071 m elevation. Distribution: See map in SMID et al. 2014 for distribution in Iran. |
| Etymology | Named after Filippo de Filippi (1814-1867), a doctor, traveler, and zoologist. He succeeded Bonelli as Professor of Zoology at Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali di Torino. |
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