Phoenicolacerta kulzeri

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
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
Synonyms[2]
  • 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.[1] 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.[3]

Geographic range

P. kulzeri is found in Israel, 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. [sic]; 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. ^ a b c 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).



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