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Laudakia stellio


Laudakia stellio
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Copyright: ozlem ogluekiz (miss_bat) Silver Note Writer [C: 1 W: 0 N: 25] (60)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-02-11
Categories: Reptiles
Exposure: f/4, 1/160 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-02-17 13:34
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Points: 2
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Total length up to 35 cm, or sligthly longer. The flat and triangular head is covered with asymmetrically distributed small scales and plates; pupils round; spiny scales on the neck and sides of the head.The dorsum is covered with small and large scales; the tail with rings of spiny scales, two rings forming a segment. Tail does not break easily.The scales under the chin are keeled, those of abdomen smooth. The dorsum is blackih-brown with large yellow bloches.The venter is dirty yellow or yellowish-brown. In males, the throad is gray with a reticulated pattern; some of the dorsal scales may be bright blue.
Habitat&Biology:Frequents stone walls, rocky areas and olive groves , can easily climb both on trees and rocks. Feed mainly on insects, but can also ingent some plant material. Typically bobs head vertically. A female lays 8-14 eggs.
Known from N. Africa, SE Europe , Turkey and SW Asia;with a vertical distribution to 1500m. Encountered everywhere in Cyprus. It is represented with the supspecies L. stellio cypriaca (Daan, 1967), ENDEMIC FOR CYPRUS. The status of th Cyprus population has been doubted by Shatti & Sigg (1989). However, Osenegg(1989) and Göçmen et al.(1996) reinvertigated material from Cyprus, Turkey and Syria and cocluded that cypriaca is distint and valid.
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Selam Özlem, iyi bir pozda yakalamışsın Gurkudacığı, kaynaklarını da açık yazar isen pek daha iyi olcak.
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selam özlemcım, gerı donuş yaptık galıba ıkımız bırden:D guzel bır kare olmuş. devamı gelır umarım.
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