Danford's Lizard articles - Encyclopedia of Life

Distribution

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Continent: Europe
Distribution: Turkey (Mountains at the Bolkar Da region), Turkey (central south coast), Greece (Rhodes, Ikaria, Pentanissos)

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Danford's lizard (Anatololacerta danfordi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Greece and Turkey. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.^[2]

The specific name, danfordi, is in honor of zoologist Charles G. Danford (1843–1928).^[3]

The preferred natural habitat of A. danfordi is rocky areas in forest and shrubland, at altitudes from sea level to 2,100 m (6,900 ft).^[1]

A. danfordi is oviparous.^[2] An adult female may lay a clutch of 3–8 eggs.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Tok V, Ugurtas IH, Sevinç M, Böhme W, Crochet P-A, Kaska Y, Kumlutaş Y, Kaya U, Avci A, Üzüm N, Yeniyurt C, Akarsu F (2009). "Anatololacerta danfordi (errata version published in 2016)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164744A86443842. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164744A5922456.en. Downloaded on 23 May 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Anatololacerta danfordi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 May 2019.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lacerta danfordi, p. 64).

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Danford's lizard (Anatololacerta danfordi) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Greece and Turkey. There are no subspecies that are recognized as being valid.