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'''Fraas' lizard''', '''''Parvilacerta fraasii''''' ([[synonym (taxonomy)|syn.]] ''Lacerta fraasii''), is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lacertidae]].<ref name="IUCN"/> It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Western Asia]].
'''Fraas's lizard''' ''Parvilacerta fraasii'' is a [[species]] of [[lizard]] in the [[Family (biology)|family]] [[Lacertidae]].<ref name="IUCN"/> It is [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[Western Asia]].


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Revision as of 14:30, 29 May 2019

Fraas's lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

References

  1. ^ "Parvilacerta fraasii ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. ^ a b c d 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).

Further reading

  • 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).