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CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR PERSIAN TOAD HEADED LIZARD
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Conservation Status An existing information on the conservation status of
P. persicus is contradictory (see Agasyan, 1985;
Danielyan, 1987; Darevsky and Orlov, 1988; Ananjeva et al., 2006 and Tadevosyan,
2006 a,b
for review). However, because of increasing land use thought the geographical
range of the lizard, and the fact of extinction of few sub-populations
(Darevsky, 1975; Agasyan, 1985; Danyelyan, 1987; Aslanyan et al. 2003)
there is an assumption, that this lizard can be threatened. Thus there
is a critical need of studies to determine dynamics of P. persicus
at both sub-population and population levels, and to develop it's actual
conservation status. The data on abundance of the lizard for 2005 is available
only for the Goravan Sands Sanctuary (Armenia) (Tadevosyan, 2006 a,b).This lizard under the name of Phrynocephalus horvathi is also listed as a Critically Endangered Species (A2c)in IUCN Red List 2010.
Remarks: References: Agasian A.L. (Aghasyan A.L.). 1985.
[Recent Sate of Rare Spacies of Reptiles In Armenia And The Ways
of Their Conservation], // Biol. J. of Armenia, XXXVIII, No 8, pp. 661-665. Ananjeva N.B., Borkin L.Ja, Darevsky I.S., Orlov
N.L., 1998. [Encyclopedia of The Nature of
Russia: Amphibian and Reptiles] M, ABF, 576 pp. (In Russian) Ananjeva
N.B., Orlov N.L., Khalikov R.G., Darevsky, I.S., Rjabov S.A., Barabanov
A.B., 2004.
[Atlas of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia.], St. Petersburg, ZIN RAS, pp.
232 pp.(In Russian) Ananjeva N.B., Myasnikova N.F., Agasyan A.L.
2006. Distribution of Phrynocephalus persicus (Sauria,
Agamidae) in Aras River Valley: Using of Geographical Information
System. Modern Herpetology, vol. 5/6:18-40 (In Russian) Aslanyan A.V., Sakoyan A.G., Tadevosyan T.L.,Torosyan
R.K., 2003. The herpetofauna of the city of Yerevan
and important areas for it's conservation and monitoring // Mat. IV Republ.
Youth Scientific Conf. "XXI Century: Ecological Science in Armenia",
Yerevan, pp. 10-18. (In Armenian) Danielyan F.D., 1987. Reptiles.
Pp. 103-114 In Red Data Book of Armenian SSR. Movsesyan S.O., and K.A.
Ayrumyan (Eds.). "Hayastan", Yerevan. Darevsky I.S., 1957. [The Fauna
of Reptiles of Armenia and It’s Zoogeographical Analysis], autoreferat
of Ph.D. Candidate Thesis, Yerevan, 484 pp.(In Russian). Darevsky I.S., 1975.
[Endangered and Rare Species of Amphibians and Reptiles of Transcaucasus]
// Mat. of The Conf. “The Fauna and It’s Protection in Republics
of Trasncaucasus”, Arm. SSR SA Edition, Yerevan, pp. 64-67. (In
Russian) Darevsky I.S., Orlov N.L., 1988.
[Rare and Endangered Animals. Amphibians and reptiles.] Handbook, Moscow,
Highest School, 463 pp.(In Russian) Tadevosyan
T.L.
2005.Conservation of The Endangered Persian Sun-Watcher
Lizard: Step 1. Report of the ANSEF Project 05-NS-zoo-814-50, 46 pp. Tadevosyan
T.L.
2006. New Data on Abundance and Distribution of the Persian
Toad-Headed Lizard in the Goravan Sands Sanctuary, Armenia / Electronic
Journal of Natural Sciences. National Academy of Sciences of The Republic
of Armenia. 2 (7):45-50. Tadevosyan
T.L.
2006. Habitat Suitability for Reptiles in the Goravan
Sands Sanctuary, Armenia / Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 1
(1):40-45. also available at http://www.herpconbio.org
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