| Armenian lizard | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. armeniaca |
| Binomial name | |
| Darevskia armeniaca (Méhelÿ, 1909) | |
| 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. Darevskia armeniaca is native to the Armenian Highland.
Geographic range
It is found in northeastern Turkey, northern and northwestern Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan.
Gallery
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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. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ 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 (6): 1057–1060. doi:10.1139/g95-141. PMID 18470230.
- 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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