Dwarf lizard

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Dwarf lizard
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Parvilacerta
Species:
P. parva
Binomial name
Parvilacerta parva
(Boulenger, 1887)

The dwarf lizard (Parvilacerta parva) is a species of small lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is endemic to Anatolia and the south Caucasus. [1] [2] [3] [4] In Armenia, where it is present only as thirty-one isolated populations, the species is critically endangered. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Varol Tok, Ishmail Ugurtas, Murat Sevinç, Wolfgang Böhme, Pierre-André Crochet, Ferdi Akarsu (2009). "Parvilacerta parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009 e.T164674A5917051. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164674A5917051.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ Parvilacerta parva at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 29 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Müller, Johannes (12 Apr 2002). "Skull osteology of Parvilacerta parva, a small-sized lacertid lizard from Asia Minor: Skull Osteology of Parvilacerta parva" . Journal of Morphology. 253 (1): 43–50. doi:10.1002/jmor.1111. PMID   11981803.
  4. ↑ Kalayci, Tuğba ERGÜL; Uysal, İbrahim; Gul, Çiğdem; Özdemi̇r, Nurhayat (2020-03-01). "Body size and age structure of the Parvilacerta parva (Boulenger, 1887) population from Sivas, Turkey". Journal of the Institute of Science and Technology. 10 (1): 39–44. doi: 10.21597/jist.568428 . ISSN   2536-4618.
  5. ↑ Fayvush, George (2023), Biodiversity of Armenia, Springer Nature, ISBN   978-3-031-34332-2 , retrieved 2023-10-22
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