Iberolacerta martinezricai explained

Iberolacerta martinezricai, Martinez-Rica's rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

Etymology

The specific name, martinezricai, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Juan Pablo Martinez-Rica.^[1]

Geographic range

I. martinezricai is endemic to Spain.

Habitat

The natural habitats of I. martinezricai are temperate forests and rocky areas.

Conservation status

I. martinezricai is threatened by habitat loss.

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.

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Iberolacerta martinezricai, p. 170).