France and Spain / Central Pyrenees, Maubèrme Massif, between the valleys of Aran, Spain and Ariège, France. 

Species:

Iberolacerta aranica  (ARRIBAS, 1993)

Synonyms:

Iberolacerta aranica  CROCHET et al, 2004

Iberolacerta (Pyrenesaura) aranica  ARRIBAS, 1997

Lacerta bonnali aranica  ARRIBAS, 1993

Common names:

Aran Rock Lizard (English)
Iberische Gebirgseidechse (German)
Lézard montagnard du Val d’Aran (French)
Lagartija Aranesa (Spanish)

Types:

Holotype: private collection, OA 92081007, male. 10-8-1992. 2300, m. O. ARRIBAS leg. (Holotype and paratypes are in the author`s scientific collection.). Addional paratypes in NMW.

Terra Typica:

Coll de Barradós, Viella, Vall d`Aràn. Lleida, Spain.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Arribas, O.J. (1993) -  Intraspecific variability of Lacerta (Archaeolacerta) bonnali LANTZ, 1927 (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). -  Herpetozoa, Wien, 6 (3/4): 129-140.    

  • 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.    

  • Pottier, G. (2016) -  Iberolacerta aranica (Arribas, 1993) Lézard du Val d’Aran; Lagartija aranesa; Aran’s Rock Lizard. -  In: Pottier, G. (ed.): Les reptiles des Pyrénées. pp. 88-95.