Ophiomorus persicus

• Main Authors: Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh, Gholamifard, Ali
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Reptilia; Squamata; Scincidae; Ophiomorus; Ophiomorus persicus; sami
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4383057; https://zenodo.org/record/4383057

Ophiomorus persicus (Steindachner, 1867) Hemipodion persicum Steindachner, 1867: 265. COMMON NAME. — Persia Snake Skink. SYNTYPES. — NMWest 10398:1, 2 and 10399:1, 2. TYPE LOCALITY. — 5 km South East of Pol-i-Abgineh approximately 29°33’N, 51°46’E, Fars Province (Anderson & Leviton 1966; Anderson 1999). DISTRIBUTION. — Fars, Kerman and Hormozgan Provinces (Anderson & Leviton 1966; Frynta et al. 1997; Anderson 1999; Kiabi et al. 1999; Sami et al. 2017). HABITAT. — Sandy-clay soil with bushy vegetation like Artemisia (Smid et al. 2014). IUCN. — Least concern. REFERENCES. — Steindachner (1867); Anderson & Leviton (1966); Frynta et al. (1997); Anderson (1999); Kiabi et al. (1999); Smid et al. (2014); Sami et al. (2017). : Published as part of Eskandarzadeh, Naeimeh, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah, Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar, Fathinia, Behzad, Bahmani, Zahed, Hamidi, Kordiyeh & Gholamifard, Ali, 2018, Annotated checklist of the endemic Tetrapoda species of Iran, pp. 507-537 in Zoosystema 40 (24) on page 524, DOI: 10.5252/zoosystema2018v40a24, http://zenodo.org/record/4336795 : {"references": ["ANDERSON S. C. & LEVITON A. E. 1966. - A review of the genus Ophiomorus with description of three new forms. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33: 499 - 534.", "ANDERSON S. C. 1999. - The Lizards of Iran. Society for the study of amphibians and reptiles, Ithaca, New York, USA. 442 p.", "FRYNTA D., MORAVEC J., EIHAKOVA J., SADLO J., HODKOVA Z., KAFTAN M., KODYM P., KRAL D., PITULE V. & SEJNA L. 1997. - Results of the Czech Biological Expedition to Iran. Part 1. Notes on the distribution of amphibians and reptiles. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae 61: 3 - 17.", "KIABI B., ZEHZAD B., KAMI H. G. & SHAFII S. 1999. - On a new record of the Persian Skink, Ophiomorus persicus, in Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 19: 71 - 74. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 093 97140.1999. 10637797"]}