Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Spanish Algyroides, Spanish Keeled Lizard
Common Names in German:
Spanische Kieleidechse
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Ecology: It is a generally a species of rocky places, in or close to woodland. It is often found in shady places, and is regularly encountered close to streams
. The females lay
clutches of one to five eggs
.[1]
List of Habitats
:1.4Forest - Temperate
5.1Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls
)
6Rocky areas (eg. inland cliffs
, mountain peaks)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Lacertidae
()
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
()
- Genus:
Algyroides
()
- Valverde, 1958
- Specific name:
marchi
- Valverde
- Scientific name: - Algyroides marchi Valverde
- Specific name:
marchi
- Valverde
- Genus:
Algyroides
(
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
(
- Family:
Lacertidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Algiroides /i> (Sic) Marchi Valverde 1958: 297
- Algiroides marchi Valverde 1958: 297
- Algyroides hidalgoi Bosca 1916 ?
- Algyroides marchi — Bischoff 2007
- Algyroides marchi — Engelmann Et Al 1993
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Algyroides
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 12 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. africanus · A. alleni · A. fitzingeri (Fitzinger's Algyroides) · A. marchi (Spanish Keeled Lizard) · A. marchi marchi (Spanish Keeled Lizard) · A. marchi niethammeri · A. moreoticus (Ionische Kieleidechse) · A. nigropunctatus (Blue-Throated Keeled Lizard) · A. nigropunctatus kephallithacius · A. nigropunctatus nigropunctatus (Blue-Throated Keeled Lizard) · A. vaucreselli · A. vaureselli
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Further Reading
- Andreu, A., Bea, A., Braña, F., Galán, P., López-Jurado, L.F., Pérez-Mellado, V., Pleguezuelos, J.M. and Salvador, A. 1998. Reptiles. Fauna Ibérica 10: 1 –705
- Andreu, A., Bea, A., Braña, F., Galán, P., López-Jurado, L.F., Pérez-Mellado, V., Pleguezuelos, J.M. and Salvador, A. 1998. Reptiles. Fauna Ibérica 10: 1–705.
- Arnold, E.N. 2003. Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe. Princeton University Press, Princeton and Oxford.
- Arnold et al. (2007) Zootaxa 1430: 1-86
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Bischoff (2007) Draco 7 (27): 54-73
- Boscá (1916) Boletín de la Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 16: 294-297
- Buchholz, K.F. (1964): Zur Kenntnis des Genus Algyroides (Reptilia: Lacertidae) in Spanien. - Bonner zoologische Beiträge 15(3/4), pp. [239-246]
- Eikhorst et al. (1979) Salamandra 15: 254-263.
- Engelmann et al. (1993) Lurche Kriechtiere Europas.
- Harris, D.J., Arnold, E.N. and Thomas, R.H. 1999. A phylogeny of the European lizard genus Algyroides (Reptilia: Lacertidae) based on DNA sequences, with comments on the evolution of the group. Journal of Zooloy, London 249: 49–60.
- Harris et al. (1999) J. Zool. (London) 249: 49-60
- Klemmer (1960) Senckenberg. biol. 41: 1-6.
- Pleguezuelos, J.M., Márquez, R. and Lizana, M. 2002. Atlas y Libro Rojo de los Anfibios y Reptiles de España. Dirección General de la Conservación de la naturaleza-Associación Herpetológica Española, Madrid.
- Salvador (1998) Reptiles, In: Fauna Ibérica, vol. 10., Madrid, 705 pp.
- Valverde (1958) Arch. Inst. Aclimat., Almeria 16: 297
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- European Reptile and Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Algyroides marchi. In: IUCN 2004. 2004 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.redlist.org . Downloaded on 30 January 2005.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Pérez-Mellado, V. and Marquez, R. 2005. Algyroides marchi. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 14 January 2007.
- Pérez-Mellado, V. & Marquez, R. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3845765
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-1167
- IUCN ID: 840
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1710
Footnotes
- Pérez-Mellado, V. & Marquez, R. 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008. [back]
