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.    

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  Based on the study of geographic variability (pholidosis and biometry) of the Pyrenean endemite Lac bonnali LANTZ, 1927, a new subspecies of this lizard is described from Vali d`Aràn and Pallars.

• 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.    

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  Six nominal taxa (`Lacerta` monticola cantabrica, `L. ` monücola monticola, `L. ` aranica, `L. ` aurelioi, `L. ` bonnali, `L. ` cyreni) of the Iberian-Pyrenean Mountain Lizards were investigated by allozyme electropho- resis with regard to IS enzymatic loci. `L. ` horvathi was used as an outgroup for phylogenetic analysis. On the basts of our results - which are in perfect agreement with karyological data (ODIERNA & al. in press a, b) - five taxa can be distinguished (`£.`. monticola, `L`. aranica, `L`. aurelioi, `L`. bonnali, %`. cyreni) which we consider to be species.

• 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.    

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  Parts of the mitochondrial genes coding for 12SrRNA and 16SrRNA (together about 960 bp) were sequenced for all Mediterranean species of `Mountain lizards` of the genera Archaeolacerta (sensu lato) and Iberolacerta. All subspecies of the Iberian species Iberolacerta cyreni and I. monticola were included in this study. In addition, samples of Apathya cappadocica and Darevskia rudis were analysed to elucidate the relationships of the European `Mountain lizards` to their possible relatives in the Near East. Maximum parsimony and neighbour joining analyses lead to the following major conclusions: (i) the monophyly of the genus Iberolacerta is very well supported; (ii) Archaeolacerta bedriagae (the type species of the genus) is most basal with respect to the ingroup taxa. If we accept Iberolacerta as a genus, Archaeolacerta becames paraphyletic. Therefore, we propose to restrict Archaeolacerta to the type species and to treat A. mosorensis and A. oxycephala provisionally as members of the collective genus Lacerta; (iii) within the genus Iberolacerta three groups were found: a Pyrenean group, an Iberian group and I. horvathi. The relationships among these groups remain unresolved; and (iv) the Peña de Francia lizards, described originally as a subspecies of I. cyreni, are in fact more closely related to I. monticola.

• 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.   

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