Distribution pattern of the Snake-eyed Lizard, Ophisops elegans Menetries, 1832 (Squamata: Lacertidae), in Iran

作者：Oraie Hamzeh; Rahimian Hassan^*; Rastegar Pouyani Nasrullah; Rastegar Pouyani Eskandar; Ficetola Gentile Francesco; Yousefkhani Seyyed Saeed Hosseinian; Khosravani Azar

来源：Zoology in the Middle East, 2014, 60(2): 125-132.

DOI：10.1080/09397140.2014.914716

• Lizards
• Maxent
• environmental factors
• habitat suitability
• Central Iran

Ophisops elegans, a common lizard with a wide distribution range in Iran, was selected to investigate the influence of environmental factors on its distribution pattern. Based on a distribution model developed with the software Maxent for O. elegans, the most important factors influencing the distribution pattern were found to be high winter precipitation, intermediate levels of Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and intermediate levels of sunshine. It seems that overall plant cover and competition with Mesalina watsonana are the main factors which influence the distribution pattern of O. elegans in the central Iranian Plateau.

• 出版日期2014