Türkiye / Kilikian Taurus to west of Malatya. 

Subspecies:

Apathya cappadocica cappadocica  (WERNER, 1902)

Synonyms:

Lacerta cappadocica   WERNER, 1902

Types:

Holotype: Lost (EISELT 1979).

Terra Typica:

Erciyes Mountains (Erciyes Dağı) in central Anatolia, near Kayseri. “Auf dem bithynischen Olymp bei Brussa”.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Werner, F. (1902) -  Die Reptilien und Amphibienfauna von Kleinasien. -  Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. Wien, Abteilung 1: 1057-1121.  

  • Bird, C.G. (1936) -  The distribution of Reptiles and Amphibians in Asiatic Turkey, with notes on a Collection from the Vilayets of Adana, Gaziantep and Malatya. -  The Annals and magazine of natural history, (10) 18: 257-281.  

  • Eiselt, J. (1979) -  Ergebnisse zoologischer Sammelreisen in der TüŸrkei Lacerta cappadocica Werner, 1902 (Lacertidae, Reptilia), -  Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 82: 387-421.    

  • Kapli, P. & Botoni, D. & Ilgaz, Ç. & Kumlutaş, Y. & Avcı, A. & Rastegar-Pouyani, N. & Fathinia, B. & Lymberakis, P. & Ahmadzadeh, F. & Poulakakis, N. (2013) -  Molecular phylogeny and historical biogeogtraphy of the Anatolian lizard Apathya (Squamata, Lacertidae). -  Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 66 (3): 992-1001.    

 
 
 
 
 

Apathya cappadocica cappadocica  © 2007 Benny Trapp