Phoenicolacerta kulzeri

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Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Phoenicolacerta
Species:
P. kulzeri
Binomial name
Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
Synonyms [2]
  • Lacerta kulzeri
    L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932
  • Lacerta danfordi kulzeri
    — L. Müller & Wettstein, 1933
  • Lacerta laevis kulzeri
    Eiselt & J.F. Schmidtler, 1987
  • Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
    Arnold et al., 2007

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri, Kulzer's rock lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. [1] The species is endemic to Western Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, kulzeri, is in honor of German coleopterist Hans Kulzer (1889-1974), collector of the holotype. [3]

Geographic range

P. kulzeri is found in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria. [1]

Habitat

The natural habitat of P. kulzeri is rocky areas. [1]

Reproduction

P. kulzeri is oviparous. [2]

Conservation status

P. kulzeri is threatened by habitat loss. [1]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]

Nota bene : A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phoenicolacerta.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Disi, M.; A.M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Werner, Y. (2006). "Phoenicolacerta kulzeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2006: e.T61524A12503047. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2006.RLTS.T61524A12503047.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Phoenicolacerta kulzeri". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lacerta kulzeri, p. 147).

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