Fraas's lizard

Fraas's lizard
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Parvilacerta
Species:	P. fraasii
Binomial name
	Parvilacerta fraasii; Lehrs, 1910
Synonyms[1]
	Lacerta fraasii ; Lehrs, 1910;

Fraas's lizard (Parvilacerta fraasii) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[2] It is endemic to Western Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, fraasii, is in honor of German paleontologist Eberhard Fraas.[3]

Geographic range

P. fraasii is found in Lebanon and possibly Syria.[2]

Habitat

The natural habitat of P. fraasii is rocky areas.[2]

Conservation status

P. fraasii is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

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References

"Parvilacerta fraasii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
Hraoui-Bloquet S, Sadek R (2005). Lacerta fraasii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
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 fraasi, p. 93).

Lehrs P. (1910). "Über eine Lacerta aus dem hohen Libanon ( L. fraasii n. sp. ) und andere Montanformen unter der Eidechsen ". pp. 225–238. In: Anonymous (1910). Festschrift zum sechzigten Geburtstag Richard Hertwigs (München), gebornen den 23. September 1850 zu Friedberg i. H., Zweiter Band [Volume 2]. Jena, Germany: G. Fischer. (Lacerta fraasii, new species, p. 228). (in German).

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[rdb-1] "Parvilacerta fraasii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

[IUCN-2] Hraoui-Bloquet S, Sadek R (2005). Lacerta fraasii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 28 July 2007.

[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 fraasi, p. 93).