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Distribution

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Continent: Near-East
Distribution: Higher regions of the Lebanon Mts. (presumably also in the Antilebanon, at Mount Hermon, at Djabal Druz in Syria, and near Petra in Jordan), Israel
Type locality: œZedernwald bei Bcharré.
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Phoenicolacerta kulzeri

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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

P. kulzeri is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

P. kulzeri is threatened by habitat loss.[1]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[2]

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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "Phoenicolacerta kulzeri ". 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).
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Phoenicolacerta kulzeri: Brief Summary

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Phoenicolacerta kulzeri is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.

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