Lurish Esk

Lurish Esk or Hâjibârikow (Neurergus Kaiseri) is a colourful speshie o esk that lives sooth o tha Zagros Muntains. Accordin tae tha resolution o Iran's Supreme Council o Environment, due tae tha endangerit speshies o this amphibian, buyin, sellin an transportin it is prohibitit an the guilty body will be finit an reestit.

Neurergus kaiseri
Conservation status
Creetically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Cless:	Amphibia
Order:	Caudata
Faimily:	Salamandridae
Genus:	Neurergus
Species:	Neurergus kaiseri

Lurish Esk is endemic to the soothern Zagros Muntains o Iran. It is maistlins found in upland areas wi wattercoorses surroundit bi dry bussland (bushland), but it kin be found in ponds an ither smaller bodies o watter an aw. It is kent fra anely ane area wi an extent o juist under 10 square kilometers. Durin a large part o the yeir it lives in dry lands. It then lives in the shelter o forest, which in this area is dominatit bi aiks an pistachio trees. Durin the dry saison, the individuals estivate.

Faiturs

This amphibian measures roondaboot 12 cm, bein tha smawest speshies o tha genus. Tha tail is less nor hawf tha hale lenth. Tha heid is flet, somewhit longer nor wide, wi a roundit tip. Tha parotids are nae prominent. Tha trunk is roondit-form in cross section an haes nae lateral rigs. Tha skin on tha back an sides is kin o smuithe wi anely smaw warts shawin.

Gallery

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  1-day-auld esk egg.
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  10-day-auld esk egg.
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  20-day-auld esk larva.
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  A specimen that is still juvenile (youthie).

References

• Mozafar Sharifi Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani Vahid Akmali, Somayeh Assadian Narengi: On distribution and conservation status of Neurergus kaiseri (Caudata: Salamandridae) Russian Journal of Herpetology, Band 15, No. 3, 2008, S. 169–172
• Frost, Darrel R. (2009) , database. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference v5.3