Darevskia steineri, also known commonly as Steiner's lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Iran.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. steineri
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| Binomial name | |
| Darevskia steineri (Eiselt, 1995)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, steineri, is in honor of Austrian herpetologist Hans M. Steiner.[3]
Geographic range edit
D. steineri is found in northeastern Iran.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of D. steineri are forest and rocky areas.[1] It can be found on tree trunks and the forest floor in the Hyrcanian forest.[2]
Description edit
D. steineri may attain a snout-to-vent length of 7 cm (2.8 in). It has a greenish belly, unlike the reddish bellies of closely related species.[2]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Steven Anderson, Mozafar Sharifi, Theodore Papenfuss.; Soheila Shafiei Bafti (2009). "Darevskia steineri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164606A5911709. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164606A5911709.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ a b c d e f Species Darevskia steineri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Darevskia steineri, p. 252).
Further reading edit
- Arnold EN, Arribas O, Carranza S (2007). "Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera". Zootaxa 1430: 1–86. (Darevskia steineri, new combination).
- Eiselt J (1995). "Ein Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Archaeolacerten (sensu Méhely, 1909) des Iran ". Herpetozoa 8 (1–2): 59–72. (Lacerta steineri, new species, pp. 63–64, 68, Plate 1). (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2009). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
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