Biology:Armenian lizard
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Short description: Species of reptile
| Armenian lizard | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. armeniaca
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| Darevskia armeniaca (Méhelÿ, 1909)[2]
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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]
Geographic range
It is found in northeastern Turkey, northern and northwestern Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan.[2]
Gallery
Armenian rock lizard
References
- ↑ Agasyan, A.; Ananjeva, N.B. (2009). "Darevskia armeniaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164706A5919215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164706A5919215.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164706/5919215. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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).
Wikidata ☰ Q683958 entry
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