Phoenicolacerta kulzeri

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[2] The species is endemic to Western Asia.

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Phoenicolacerta
Species:	P. kulzeri
Binomial name
Phoenicolacerta kulzeri L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932
Synonyms[1]
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

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.[2]

Habitat

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

Reproduction

P. kulzeri is oviparous.[1]

Conservation status

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

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

• Phoenicolacerta kulzeri petraea (Bischoff & J. Müller, 1999)
• Phoenicolacerta kulzeri khasaliensis Modrý, Necas, Rifai, Bischoff, Hamidan & Amr, 2013
• Phoenicolacerta kulzeri kulzeri (L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932)

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

References

1. "Phoenicolacerta kulzeri ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
2. Disi M, Disi AM, Hraoui-Bloquet S, Sadek R, Werner Y (2005). Phoenicolacerta kulzeri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 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 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, Necas 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).