Armenian lizard

Armenian lizard
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertoidea
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Darevskia
Species:	D. armeniaca
Binomial name
Darevskia armeniaca (Méhelÿ, 1909) [2]
Synonyms
Lacerta saxicola armeniaca Méhelÿ, 1909 Lacerta armeniaca — Fu, Murphy & Darevsky, 1957 Darevskia armeniaca — Arribas, 1997 [2]

Darevskia armeniaca, commonly known as the Armenian lizard or the Armenian rock lizard, is a parthenogenetic (unisexually breeding) species (or form) of Darevskia , a genus of lizards belonging to the family Lacertidae, the wall lizards. ^{[3] [4]} Darevskia armeniaca is native to the Armenian Highland. ^[2]

Geographic range

It is found in northeastern Turkey, northern and northwestern Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan. ^[2]

Gallery

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  Armenian rock lizard

References

1. Agasyan, A.; Ananjeva, N.B. (2009). "Darevskia armeniaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T164706A5919215. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164706A5919215.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
3. MacCulloch, R.D.; R.W. Murphy; L.A. Kupriyanova; I.S. Darevsky & F.D. Danielyan (1995). "Clonal variation in the parthenogenetic rock lizard Lacerta armeniaca". Genome. 38 (6): 1057–1060. doi:10.1139/g95-141. PMID   18470230.
4. Fu, J.; R.D. MacCulloch; R.W. Murphy & I.S. Darevsky (2000). "Clonal variation in the Caucasian rock lizard Lacerta armeniaca and its origin". Amphibia-Reptilia. 21: 83–89. doi: 10.1163/156853800507291 .

Further reading

• Méhelÿ, Lajos von. 1909. Materialien zu einer Systematik und Phylogenie der muralis-änlichen Lacerten. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici, Budapest7 (2): 409–621. (Lacerta saxicola armeniaca, n. subsp., pp. 549–555).