A new record of Eremias strauchi strauchi Kessler, 1878 (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Kurdistan Province, Western Iran

Document Type : Research articles

Authors

• Zahed Bahmani ¹
• Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani ²
• Eskandar Rastegar Pouyani ³
• Ahmad Gharzi ⁴

¹ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, IRAN

² Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, IRAN

³ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Hakim Sabzevari University, IRAN

⁴ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran

10.22067/ijab.v10i1.35156

Abstract

During field work in western regions of the Iranian Plateau in the Zagros Mountains in September 2010, a single specimen belonging to the genus and subgenus Eremias Fitzinger, 1834 was collected from the protected area of Bijar (at about 1619 m elevation) in north of the city of Bijar, Kurdistan Province, western Iran (47°, 34’ E; 36°, 00’ N).

Keywords

• Lacertidae
• Eremias (Eremias) strauchi strauchi
• New record
• Bijar
• Kurdistan province
• Western Iran

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