Armenian lizard

Youssef Tobjian
Darevskia armeniaca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Family:Lacertidae
Genus:Darevskia
Species: D. armeniaca
Binomial name
Darevskia armeniaca
(Méhelÿ, 1909)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lacerta saxicola armeniaca
    Méhelÿ, 1909
  • Lacerta armeniaca
    — Fu, Murphy & Darevsky, 1957
  • Darevskia armeniaca
    — Arribas, 1997[1]

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.[2][3] Darevskia armeniaca is native to the Armenian Highland.[1]

Geographic range

It is found in northeastern Turkey, northern and northwestern Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ↑ 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: 1057–1060. doi:10.1139/g95-141.
  3. ↑ 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, Budapest 7 (2): 409-621. (Lacerta saxicola armeniaca, n. subsp., pp. 549–555).


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