Strauch lizard [1] ( lat. Eremias strauchi ) is a species of lizards of the genus of foot and mouth disease .
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Security status IUCN 3.1 Least Concern : 164641 |
Named in honor of the Russian zoologist A. A. Strauch .
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Appearance
Small lizard, the length of its body does not exceed 8 cm, weight - 7 g. A small additional shield is usually located between the prefrontal plates. Upper-tail scales with weak ribs. Top yellowish, olive or brownish gray. The middle part of the back without spots and stripes. On the sides of the ridge are longitudinal rows of white or greenish rounded spots with black gaps between them.
Lifestyle
Inhabits semi-desert , dry foothills and mountains, at an altitude of up to 1800 m. Active during the day. Spring appears in March - April. Leaves for the winter in October. It feeds on beetles, orthopterans, ants and caterpillars. Laying 3–7 eggs 1.3–1.5 cm long in May.
Spread
It is distributed in the south of Armenia and Azerbaijan, in the north-east of Turkey, in the north of Iran and in the south of Turkmenistan.
Subspecies
The species of Strauch FMD is divided into 2 subspecies:
- Eremias strauchi kopetdaghica Schtscherbak 1972
- Eremias strauchi strauchi Kessler 1878
Notes
- Ань Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I. S. , Orlov N. L. The Five-Language Dictionary of Animal Names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V.E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. lang., 1988. - p. 224. - 10 500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
Literature
- Bannikov A.G., Darevsky I.S., Rustamov A.K. Amphibians and Reptiles of the USSR / ed. prof. A. G. Bannikova. - M .: Thought , 1971. - S. 150-151. - 303 s.
- Ananyeva N. B. , Orlov N. L. , Khalikov R. G. , Darevsky I. S. , Ryabov S. A. , Barabanov A. V. Atlas of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia (taxonomic diversity, geographical distribution and conservation status). - SPb. : Zoological Institute RAS, 2004. - p. 100. - 1000 copies. - ISBN 5-98092-007-2 .
Links
- The Reptile Database (English)
- Eremias strauchi (English) . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species .