Iberolacerta martinezricai, also known commonly as Martinez-Rica's rock lizard and the Pena de Francia rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Spain.
Etymology The specific name, martinezricai, is in honor of Spanish herpetologist Juan Pablo Martínez-Rica.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Iberolacerta martinezricai, p. 170).
Geographic range Iberolacerta martinezricai is found in western Spain, in the Sierra de Francia in Salamanca Province.
Habitat The natural habitats of Iberolacerta martinezricai are temperate forests and rocky areas, at altitudes of .
Reproduction Iberolacerta martinezricai is oviparous.
Conservation status Iberolacerta martinezricai is threatened by habitat loss.
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Further reading
Arribas OJ (1996). "Taxonomic revision of the Iberian 'Archaeolacertae' I.: A new interpretation of the geographical variation of 'Lacerta' monticola Boulenger, 1905 and 'Lacerta' cyreni Müller & Hellmich, 1937". Herpetozoa 9 (1/2): 31–56. (Lacerta cyreni martinezricai, new subspecies, pp. 54–55). (in English, with an abstract in German). (in English, with an abstract in German). Arribas, Oscar; Carranza, Salvador (2004). "Morphological and genetic evidence of the full species status of Iberolacerta cyreni martinezricai (Arribas,1996)". Zootaxa 634: 1–24.