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Phoenicolacerta kulzeri

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Species of lizard

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
Conservation status

Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Phoenicolacerta
Species: P. kulzeri
Binomial name
Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932
Synonyms
  • Lacerta kulzeri
    L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932
  • Lacerta danfordi kulzeri
    — L. Müller & Wettstein, 1933
  • Lacerta laevis kulzeri
    — Eiselt & J.F. Schmidtler, 1987
  • Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
    — Arnold et al., 2007

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri, also known commonly as Kulzer's Lizard, Kulzer's rock lizard, and the Petra lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Western Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, kulzeri, is in honor of German coleopterist Hans Kulzer (1889–1974), collector of the holotype.

Geographic range

P. kulzeri is found in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.

Habitat

The natural habitat of P. kulzeri is rocky areas.

Reproduction

P. kulzeri is oviparous.

Conservation status

P. kulzeri is threatened by habitat loss.

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phoenicolacerta.

References

  1. ^ 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.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Species Phoenicolacerta kulzeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. 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).


Taxon identifiers
Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
Lacerta kulzeri


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