Armenian lizard
| Armenian lizard | |
|---|---|
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| Darevskia armeniaca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. armeniaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Darevskia armeniaca (Méhelÿ, 1909)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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]
Gallery
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Armenian rock lizard
References
- 1 2 3 4 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ MacCulloch, R.D., R.W. Murphy, L.A. Kupriyanova, I.S. Darevsky and F.D. Danielyan (1995). "Clonal variation in the parthenogenetic rock lizard Lacerta armeniaca". Genome 38: 1057–1060. doi:10.1139/g95-141.
- ↑ Fu, J., R.D. MacCulloch, R.W. Murphy and 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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