Horvath's Rock Lizard

Taxobox
name = Horvath's Rock Lizard


status = NT
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
familia = Lacertidae
genus = "Iberolacerta"
species = "I. horvathi"
binomial = "Iberolacerta horvathi"
binomial_authority = (Méhely, 1904)
synonyms = Lacerta horvathi Méhely, 1904

The Horvath's Rock Lizard ("Iberolacerta horvathi") is a species of lizard in the Lacertidae family. It was classified in the same genus as the morphologically similar sand lizard ("Lacerta agilis") until recently.

Its natural habitats are temperate forests, temperate shrubland, and rocky areas. Its range in central and southern Europe in mountainous areas of southern Austria, northeastern Italy, western Slovenia, and western Croatia is fragmented, believed to be a relict of a much larger range during the last ice age. Small, fragmented range is the main cause of concern for the survival of this species, which is why it's given the Near threatened status in the "IUCN Red List" and is also legally protected in the countries where it lives.

ource

* Vogrin, M., Böhme, W., Crochet, P-A. & Nettmann, H.K. 2005. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/61515/all Iberolacerta horvathi] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 16 May 2008.