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Ophiomorus persicus
Creators
- 1. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah (Iran) na. eskandarzadeh @ gmail. com (corresponding author)
- 2. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah (Iran)
- 3. Biology, Faculty of Science, Hakim sabzevari University, Sabzevar (Iran)
- 4. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Yasouj University, Yasouj (Iran)
- 5. Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad (Iran)
- 6. Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Lorestan University, Khorramabad (Iran)
Description
Ophiomorus persicus (Steindachner, 1867)
Hemipodion persicum Steindachner, 1867: 265.
COMMON NAME. — Persia Snake Skink.
SYNTYPES. — NMWest 10398:1, 2 and 10399:1, 2.
TYPE LOCALITY. — 5 km South East of Pol-i-Abgineh approximately 29°33’N, 51°46’E, Fars Province (Anderson & Leviton 1966; Anderson 1999).
DISTRIBUTION. — Fars, Kerman and Hormozgan Provinces (Anderson & Leviton 1966; Frynta et al. 1997; Anderson 1999; Kiabi et al. 1999; Sami et al. 2017).
HABITAT. — Sandy-clay soil with bushy vegetation like Artemisia (Smid et al. 2014).
IUCN. — Least concern.
REFERENCES. — Steindachner (1867); Anderson & Leviton (1966); Frynta et al. (1997); Anderson (1999); Kiabi et al. (1999); Smid et al. (2014); Sami et al. (2017).
Notes
Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 524, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Ophiomorus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Squamata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Steindachner
- Species
- persicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Ophiomorus persicus (Steindachner, 1867) sec. Eskandarzadeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Fathinia, Bahmani, Hamidi & Gholamifard, 2018
References
- ANDERSON S. C. & LEVITON A. E. 1966. - A review of the genus Ophiomorus with description of three new forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33: 499 - 534.
- ANDERSON S. C. 1999. - The Lizards of Iran. Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA. 442 p.
- FRYNTA D., MORAVEC J., EIHAKOVA J., SADLO J., HODKOVA Z., KAFTAN M., KODYM P., KRAL D., PITULE V. & SEJNA L. 1997. - Results of the Czech Biological Expedition to Iran. Part 1. Notes on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 61: 3 - 17.
- KIABI B., ZEHZAD B., KAMI H. G. & SHAFII S. 1999. - On a new record of the Persian Skink, Ophiomorus persicus, in Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 19: 71 - 74. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 093 97140.1999. 10637797