Darevskia uzzelli

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Darevskia uzzelli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Darevskia
Species:
D. uzzelli
Binomial name
Darevskia uzzelli
Synonyms [2]
  • Lacerta uzzelli
    Darevsky & Danielyan, 1977
  • Darevskia uzzelli
    — Arribas, 1997
  • Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) uzzelli
    — Sindaco et al., 2000
  • Lacerta (Darevskia) uzzelli
    — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008
  • Darevskia uzzelli
    — W. Böhme, 2014

Darevskia uzzelli is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Turkey. [2]

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Etymology

The specific name, uzzelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Marshall Uzzell, Jr. (born 1932). [3]

Geographic range

D. uzzelli is found northeastern Turkey. The type locality is Kars, Turkey. [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of D. uzzelli are forest and rocky areas, at an altitude of 2,200 m (7,200 ft). [1]

Reproduction

D. uzzelli reproduces by parthenogenesis. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Akarsu F, Tuniyev B, Ananjeva NB, Agasyan A, Orlov NL, Tuniyev S (2009). "Darevskia uzzelli (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164776A114576211. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164776A5925159.en. Downloaded on 26 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Darevskia uzzelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 26 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Darevskia uzzelli, p. 270).


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