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'''Fraas' lizard''' ('''''Parvilacerta fraasii''''', syn. ''Lacerta fraasii'' ) is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lacertidae]].<ref name="IUCN"/> |
'''Fraas' lizard''' ('''''Parvilacerta fraasii''''', syn. ''Lacerta fraasii'' ) is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lacertidae]].<ref name="IUCN"/> |
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The [[Specific name (zoology)|specific name]], ''fraasii'', is in honor of [[Germans|German]] [[Paleontology|paleontologist]] [[Eberhard Fraas]].<ref>Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (''Lacerta fraasi'', p. 93).</ref> |
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Fraas' lizard (Parvilacerta fraasii, syn. Lacerta fraasii ) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.[1]
Etymology
The specific name, fraasii, is in honor of German paleontologist Eberhard Fraas.[2]
Geographic range
P. fraasii is found in Lebanon and possibly Syria.[1]
Habitat
The natural habitat of P. fraasii is rocky areas.[1]
Conservation status
P. fraasii is threatened by habitat loss.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Hraoui-Bloquet S, Sadek R. 2005. Lacerta fraasii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 July 2007.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lacerta fraasi, p. 93).
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