Iranolacerta brandtii
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Etymology
I. brandtii is named after Johann Friedrich von Brandt, a German zoologist, surgeon, pharmacologist, and botanist.
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Geographic range
I. brandtii is found in southern Azerbaijan, northwestern Iran, and Turkey.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of I. brandtii are rocky areas, grassland, and shrubland, at altitudes of 500–2,600 m (1,600–8,500 ft).
Reproduction
I. brandti is oviparous.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
- Iranolacerta brandtii brandtii (De Filippi, 1863)
- Iranolacerta brandtii esfahanica (Nilson, N. Rastegar-Pouyani, E. Rastegar-Pouyani & Andrén, 2003)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Iranolacerta.
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