Turkish Lizard ID Help Please: |
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Davew Senior Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 No. of posts: 99 View other posts by Davew |
Posted: 19 Dec 2005 A while ago I posted regarding Lizard sp seen regularly at Alanya in the south east of Turkey when I was there in June of 1995. I've actually found a very rough photo which I've expanded a bit - does this help? They were particularly common and seen in most habitats. Thanks for any help. |
herpetologic2 Senior Member Joined: 15 Jun 2004 No. of posts: 1369 View other posts by herpetologic2 |
Posted: 19 Dec 2005
Hi Dave Looks like a agama species to me - the nearest thing I found in the Field Guide Reptiles & Amphibians of Britain and Europe is the Starred Agama Luadakia stellio - perhaps there are other species in the area I found a research page from the Uni of Cambridge - http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mcwb2/info.html Regards
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Wolfgang Wuster Senior Member Joined: 23 Apr 2003 No. of posts: 326 View other posts by Wolfgang Wuster |
Posted: 20 Dec 2005 It is indeed Laudakia stellio, the common agama of that area (and much of southern Asia Minor) - they are pretty much everywhere, albeit rather shy. Cheers, WW Wolfgang Wüster School of Biological Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor http://sbsweb.bangor.ac.uk/~bss166/ |
Davew Senior Member Joined: 12 Jan 2004 No. of posts: 99 View other posts by Davew |
Posted: 20 Dec 2005 Thanks for the help guys |
Dan Kane Senior Member Joined: 30 Dec 2005 No. of posts: 201 View other posts by Dan Kane |
Posted: 30 Dec 2005 Yeah, its a Starred Agama Dan www.randacumbria.moonfruit.com |
djp_phillips Senior Member Joined: 09 Jan 2006 No. of posts: 180 View other posts by djp_phillips |
Posted: 28 Jan 2006 yes Agama, these lizards are great, they look so much lick dinosaures Reptiles & Amphibians of France: www.herpfrance.com European Field Herping Community: www.euroherp.com |
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