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1946.8.4.7476 (ex. BMNH 99.9.30.1921),
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O. e.
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O. e.
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TYPE LOCALITY. “à quelques verstes de
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” [= near
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DISTRIBUTION. SE Balkans, Turkey, Levant, Transcaucasia, Iraq, Iran. An isolated population occurs in N Algeria. DISTRIBUTION IN
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. Throughout the western and southwestern part of the country along and around the Zagros range, southern
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HABITAT. Wide range of habitats mostly with hard-soil or stony substrate and with low steppe vegetation, flat hammadas, river banks or low foothills.
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does not avoid the presence of humans and can be often found near human settlements in gardens, field margins, and also in cities wherever proper microhabitat with at least some vegetation to hide in appears. We observed this species on many localities syntopic with its ecological counterpart,
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, contrary to the findings of
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REMARKS. Currently there are eight valid subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFCD14DB255EFFD04" box="[797,919,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">O. elegans</emphasis>
(
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)
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, three of which are supposed to occur in
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: the nominotypical form in the north,
<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFD204D96555CFD60" box="[748,804,692,716]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">O. e.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFCE24D9755F3FD60" box="[814,907,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">persicus</emphasis>
Boulenger
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described from localities scattered through the whole Iranian range (
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,
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, Shiraz, and
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), and
<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFB204DFA535FFD5C" box="[1260,1319,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">O. e.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C6A4D67FFABFF9EFAF84DF5568CFCB9" authority="Schmidt" authorityName="Schmidt" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Acanthodactylus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="blanfordi">
<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFAF84DF553E4FD5C" box="[1332,1436,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">blanfordi</emphasis>
Schmidt
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in the Mesopotamian Plain (
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B15FFABFF9EFD344DDE523FFCB9" author="Sindaco, R. &amp; Jeremcenko, V. K." box="[760,1095,764,789]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" refId="ref65138" refString="Sindaco, R. &amp; Jeremcenko, V. K. (2008) The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated checklist and distributional atlas of the turtles, crocodiles, amphisbaenians and lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. Monografie della Societas Herpetologica Italica, Edizioni Belvedere, 579 pp." type="book" year="2008">Sindaco &amp; Jeremčenko 2008</bibRefCitation>
). Despite the large number of described forms and varieties there have been no detailed comparative morphological analysis we are aware of conducted in order to assess the validity of existing and synonymized taxa. According to
<bibRefCitation id="EFFB4B15FFABFF9EFB494C665316FCF1" author="Kyriazi, P. &amp; Poulakakis, N. &amp; Parmakelis, A. &amp; Crochet, P. A. &amp; Moravec, J. &amp; Rastegar-Pouyani, N. &amp; Tsigenopoulos, C. S. &amp; Magoulas, A. &amp; Mylonas, M. &amp; Lymberakis, P." box="[1157,1390,836,861]" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="795 - 805" refId="ref56628" refString="Kyriazi, P., Poulakakis, N., Parmakelis, A., Crochet, P. A., Moravec, J., Rastegar-Pouyani, N., Tsigenopoulos, C. S., Magoulas, A., Mylonas, M. &amp; Lymberakis, P. (2008) Mitochondrial DNA reveals the genealogical history of the snake-eyed lizards (Ophisops elegans and O. occidentalis) (Sauria: Lacertidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49, 795 - 805. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1016 / j. ympev. 2008.08.021" type="journal article" year="2008">
Kyriazi
<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFB2D4C675361FCF1" box="[1249,1305,836,861]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">et al.</emphasis>
(2008)
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, the populations from the eastern part of its range (
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,
<collectingCountry id="F37D7674FFABFF9EFD354C455535FC2C" box="[761,845,871,896]" name="Turkey" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Turkey</collectingCountry>
,
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) diverged from a clade consisting of the Mediterranean populations together with
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<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFDB44CAE555DFC09" box="[632,805,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">O. occidentalis</emphasis>
Boulenger
</taxonomicName>
about 8.11 Mya. Given that
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<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFACE4CAE5305FC09" box="[1282,1405,908,933]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">O. elegans</emphasis>
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is paraphyletic with respect to
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<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFE1B4C9254F9FC64" box="[471,641,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">O. occidentalis</emphasis>
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and the large number of potentially available names, the taxonomy of
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<emphasis id="B91EEAF6FFABFF9EFF5B4CF65779FC41" box="[151,257,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="39" pageNumber="40">Ophisops</emphasis>
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requires further investigation.
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