Aurelio's Rock Lizard
Aurelio's rock lizard ( Iberolacerta aurelioi )
Aurelio's rock lizard ( Iberolacerta aurelioi ) is a species of lizard of the genus Iberolacerta.
Features
Males reach a snout-vent length up to 65 mm, females to 62 mm. The back is usually colored brown, sometimes olive color slightly. In adult males numerous dark spots are present on the head, the back and the top of the tail. In females, this mottling is less intense. Usually, the boundary between the back and flanks is marked by a bright, irregularly edged longitudinal strip which runs down to the tail. Along the edges running from the temples to the anterior third of the tail, a dark brown to black band below which in turn is a bright longitudinal line. The color of the throat is dirty whitish. A strong yellow or orange color is found on the abdomen, and partly also on the underside of tail. The top of pups is uniformly brown, sometimes weakly developed dark spots are present. The underside is white only and is yellowish in the second year. The tail is bright green.
Occurrence
Aurelio's rock lizard occurs in a very small area in the east of the Pyrenees on the border of Spain, Andorra and France. Spread your focus has changed the way in the Spanish province of Lerida and Andorra. In Spain it comes to mountain ranges Montroig and Pica d' Estats including Serrat de Capifonts before, in northwestern Andorra in the Coma Pedrosa, Tristaina and Sarera. The area extends from Montroig massif in the west to the Tristaina massif in the east.
This Hochgebirgsart can be found in the alpine and subalpine altitudinal zone of the deforested at altitudes from 2100 to 2940 meters above sea level. It is found mainly in split -rich and well- weathered geological formations.
Way of life
At high altitudes the species is approximately from mid-May to late September active, younger and half-grown specimens to early October. The mating season is from late May to late June. From mid-June to mid-July put females under medium-sized stones from a scrim. This consists of a rare, usually two to three eggs. The eggs are 11 to 15 mm long and 6-8 mm wide. The embryos in the eggs have already been developed at the time of oviposition far.
About food and predators of Aurelio's rock lizard there is no information. A large proportion of the eggs is infected by maggots of the species Sarcophaga protuberans.
System
Aurelio's rock lizard was first described in 1994 by Arribas. He named the type after Aurelio Arribas Ceña, his father. There are no described subspecies.
Endangering
The IUCN classifies Iberolacerta aurelioi because of the small, highly fragmented distribution area and the strong stock decline as endangered ( "endangered " ) a.