Darevskia armeniaca, commonly known as the Armenian lizard or the Armenian rock lizard, is a parthenogenetic (unisexually breeding) species (or form) of Darevskia, a genus of lizards belonging to the family Lacertidae, the wall lizards.[3][4] Darevskia armeniaca is native to the Armenian Highland.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. armeniaca
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| Darevskia armeniaca | |
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Geographic range
editIt is found in northeastern Turkey, northern and northwestern Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan.[2]
Gallery
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Armenian rock lizard
References
edit- ^ Agasyan, A.; Ananjeva, N.B. (2009). "Darevskia armeniaca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164706A5919215. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164706A5919215.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c d The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ MacCulloch, R.D.; R.W. Murphy; L.A. Kupriyanova; I.S. Darevsky & F.D. Danielyan (1995). "Clonal variation in the parthenogenetic rock lizard Lacerta armeniaca". Genome. 38 (6): 1057–1060. doi:10.1139/g95-141. PMID 18470230.
- ^ Fu, J.; R.D. MacCulloch; R.W. Murphy & I.S. Darevsky (2000). "Clonal variation in the Caucasian rock lizard Lacerta armeniaca and its origin". Amphibia-Reptilia. 21: 83–89. doi:10.1163/156853800507291.
Further reading
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- Méhelÿ, Lajos von. 1909. Materialien zu einer Systematik und Phylogenie der muralis-änlichen Lacerten. Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici, Budapest 7 (2): 409–621. (Lacerta saxicola armeniaca, n. subsp., pp. 549–555).
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