Eumeces persicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Scincinae
Genus: Eumeces
Species: Eumeces persicus

Name

• Eumeces persicus Faizi, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nazarov, Heidari, Zangi, Orlova & Poyarkov, 2017: 294

Holotype: RUZM-SE-07, adult ♂, collected by Hiva Faizi, on 26 June 2011.

Type locality: “28 km southwest of Tehran Province from flat plains around the Imam Khomaini Airport (IKA), at 528078 E, 3917723 N, at an elevation of about 1100m.”

References

Primary references

• Faizi, H., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Rastegar-Pouyani, E., Nazarov, R., Heidari, N., Zangi, B., Orlova, V. & Poyarkov, N. 2017. A new species of Eumeces Wiegmann 1834 (Sauria: Scincidae) from Iran. Zootaxa 4320(2): 289–304. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.2.5. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Eumeces persicus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 14 December 2017.

Vernacular names

English: Persian Striped Skink