Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
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Phoenicolacerta kulzeri | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Phoenicolacerta |
Species: | P. kulzeri
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Binomial name | |
Phoenicolacerta kulzeri | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Phoenicolacerta kulzeri is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1] The species is endemic to Western Asia.
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
Conservation status
P. kulzeri is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]
- Phoenicolacerta kulzeri petraea (Bischoff & J. Müller, 1999)
- Phoenicolacerta kulzeri khasaliensis Modrý, Necas, Rifai, Bischoff, Hamidan & Amr, 2013
- Phoenicolacerta kulzeri kulzeri (L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phoenicolacerta.
References
- ^ a b c d e 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.
- ^ a b c "Phoenicolacerta kulzeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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).
Further reading
- Arnold EN, Arribas O, Carranza S (2007). "Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera". Zootaxa 1430: 1-86. (Phoenicolacerta kulzeri, new combination, p. 51).
- Bischoff W, Müller J (1999). "Revision des levantinischen Lacerta laevis/kulzeri-Komplexes: 2. Die Petra-Eidechse Lacerta kulzeri petraea ssp.n. ". Salamandra 35 (4): 243–254. (Lacerta kulzeri petraea, new subspecies). (in German, with an abstract in English).
- Modrý D, Nečas P, Rifai L, Bischoff W, Hamidan N, Amr Z (2013). "Revision of the “Lacerta” laevis/kulzeri-Complex: 3. The Rock Lizard of Wadi Ramm, Phoenicolacerta kulzeri khazalinsis ssp. n." Vertebrate Zoology 63 (3): 307-312. (Phoenicolacerta kulzeri khazaliensis, new subspecies). (in English, with an abstract in German).
- Müller L, Wettstein O (1932). "Über eine neue Lacerta-Form aus dem Libanon ". Zoologischer Anzeiger 98: 218–223. (Lacerta kulzeri, new species). (in German).Error: "Q28526438" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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