France, Spain and Andorra / eastern Pyrenees, massifs of Montroig, Pica d’Estats, Coma Pedrosa and Sorteny. 

Species:

Iberolacerta aurelioi  (ARRIBAS, 1994)

Synonyms:

Iberolacerta aurelioi  CROCHET et al, 2004

Lacerta aurelioi  ARRIBAS, 1994

Iberolacerta (Pyrenesaura) aurelioi  ARRIBAS, 1997

Common names:

Aurelio’s Rock Lizard (English)
Aurelio’s Gebirgseidechse (German)
Lézard d’Aurelio (French)
Lagartija Pallaresa (Spanish)

Types:

Holotype: private collection, given as CA 91070110 (apparently meaning “collection Arribas”; paratypes: MRSN

Terra Typica:

Pica d’Estats, Pyrenees (2400 m elevation).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Arribas, O.J. (1994) -  Una nueva especie de lagartija de los Pirineos Orientales: Lacerta (Archaeolacerta) aurelioi sp. nov. (Reptilia: Lacertidae). -  Bollettino del Museo regionale di Scienze naturali, Torino, 12 (1): 327-351.  

  • Mayer, W. & Arribas, O.J. (1996) -  Allozyme differentiation and relationship among the Iberian-Pyrenean Mountain lizards (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 9 (1/2): 57-61.    

  • Mayer, W. & Arribas, O. (2003) -  Phylogenetic relationships of the European lacertid genera Archaeolacerta and Iberolacerta and their relartionships to some other ´Archaeolacertae´ (sensu lato) from Near East, derived from mitochondrial DNA sequences. -  Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, Berlin, 41 (3): 157-161.