Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
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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.[2]
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
Conservation status
P. kulzeri is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[3]
- Phoenicolacerta kulzeri petraea (Bischoff & J. Müller, 1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Phoenicolacerta kulzeri khasaliensis Modrý, Necas, Rifai, Bischoff, Hamidan & Amr, 2013Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
- Phoenicolacerta kulzeri kulzeri (L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phoenicolacerta.
References
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- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Template:ISBN. (Lacerta kulzeri, p. 147).
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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 Template:'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).