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CONSERVATION PROGRAM FOR PERSIAN TOAD HEADED LIZARD
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Enemies There are a lot of carnivore species predate on P. persicus. Among them are wild, domestic and synantropic species. Arthropods: Solphuga, Spiders: Lizards: Eremias strauchi Snakes: Eryx jaculus, Platyceps najadum, Hemorrhois nummifer, Malpolon mospessulanus, Telescopus fallax, Macrovipera lebetina. Birds: Lanius ssp., Passer ssp., Falco ssp., Acipiter ssp., Pica pica, Mammals: Vulpes vulpes, Canis lupus, Canis familiaris, Felis domesticus Human: Homo sapiens: researchers and zoo staff collect many lizards for research and zoo collections, amateurs and kids also collect lizards for fun. In 1990-2006 I personally saw about 50 cases when initially healthy and young toad-headed lizards died in a number of collections as a result of poor husbandry.
Remarks: References: 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). Scanned
version is available on CD. Manvelyan K.A., Tadevosyan T.L.
2000. The Method of Ecosystem Simulation in Conservation
of Biodiversity of Gorovan Sands. // Proceedings of republican youth scientific
conference "The future of ecological science in Armenia",Yerevan,
pp. 64-68. (In Russian). Tadevosyan
T.L.
2006. Habitat Suitability for Reptiles in the Goravan
Sands Sanctuary, Armenia / Herpetological Conservation and Biology, 1
(1):40-45. available at http://www.herpconbio.org
Tadevosyan,
T.L. 2007. The role of vegetation in microhabitat selection
of Phrynocephalus persicus, Eremias strauchi and Eremias
pleskei from Armenia. Amphibia-Reptilia 28 (3): 444-448. available
at www.brill.nl/amre Links: Tadevosyan's
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