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 muralis var. defilippii — BOETTGER 1892: 144 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. Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 44 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| 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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