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Dinarolacerta montenegrina

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Dinarolacerta montenegrina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Dinarolacerta
Species:
D. montenegrina
Binomial name
Dinarolacerta montenegrina
Ljubisavljević, Arribas, Dšukić, Carranza, 2007
Synonyms[2]

Lacerta mosorensis – Dzukic et al., 1997 (in part)

Dinarolacerta montenegrina, also known as Prokletije rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1][2] It is known with certainty only from the Prokletije mountain massif in Montenegro. The identity of a population of similar lizards in Albania needs confirmation.[1]

Dinarolacerta montenegrina was first described in 2007.[3] It differs genetically and morphologically from the most closely related species, Dinarolacerta mosorensis: in the exterior morphology, it is smaller; it has only one postnasal scale on one or both sides of its head; it has fewer temporal and postocular scales.[3] The skeleton differs from D. mosorensis by its reduced supraocular osteoderms and the absence of an anteromedial process on the postocular bone.[3]

Dinarolacerta montenegrina is known from debris fields and large rock outcrops at elevations of about 1,550–1,600 m (5,090–5,250 ft) above sea level.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Crnobrnja-Isailović, J.; Bowles, P. (2022) [amended version of 2011 assessment]. "Dinarolacerta montenegrina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T196001A217869773. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T196001A217869773.en. Retrieved 19 March 2024.
  2. ^ a b Dinarolacerta montenegrina at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 19 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Ljubisavljević, Katarina; Arribas, Oscar; Dšukić, Georg; Carranza, Salvador (12 October 2007). "Genetic and morphological differentiation of Mosor rock lizards, Dinarolacerta mosorensis (Kolombatović, 1886), with the description of a new species from the Prokletije Mountain Massif (Montenegro) (Squamata: Lacertidae)". Zootaxa. 1613 (1): 1–22. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1613.1.1.