Armenian lizard

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]

Armenian lizard

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
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]

Geographic range

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

  • Armenian rock lizard

References
  1. Agasyan, A. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2009. Darevskia armeniaca. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164706A5919215. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164706A5919215.en. Downloaded on 24 May 2019.
  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: 1057–1060. doi:10.1139/g95-141.
  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, Budapest 7 (2): 409–621. (Lacerta saxicola armeniaca, n. subsp., pp. 549–555).
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