A new form of Eremias(Sauria: Lacertidae) from the Alvand Mountains, Hamedan Province, Western Iran

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics

مقاله 2، دوره 1، شماره 1، شهریور 2005، صفحه 14-20   

نوع مقاله: Research articles

شناسه دیجیتال (DOI): 10.22067/ijab.v1i1.36734

نویسندگان

Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani^{* 1}؛ Eskandar Rastegar Pouyani²

¹Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, 67149 Kermanshah, Iran

²Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Biotechnology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

چکیده

A new and distinctive form belonging to the genus and subgenus Eremias Fitzinger,1834 is reported from the highlands of Alvand Mountains, Hamedan Province, western Iran at about 2700 m elevation. It is easily distinguished from all the other species of the typical subgenus (E. velox, E. persica, E. strauchi, E. nigrolateralis, E. lalezharica, E. afghanistanica, E. regeli, E. suphani, and E. nikolskii) by having a variable number of postmentals (4-5 pairs), smaller size, and distinctive color pattern. Furthermore, it can be distinguished by having a combination of characters against any of the species in the typical subgenus. Further work, using both morphological and molecular techniques, is now being carried out on this new form in order to determine its exact taxonomic and phylogenetic status. Systematics of the genus Eremias is shortly discussed.

کلیدواژه‌ها

Lacertidae؛ Eremias novo؛ new form؛ systematics؛ distribution؛ Hamedan province؛ Alvand Mountains؛ Western Iran