Little lizards
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Parvilacerta parva |
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| Harris , Arnold & Thomas , 1998 |
The little lizards ( Parvilacerta ) are a genus from the family of the real lizards (Lacertidae). They live on the ground and occur predominantly in dry mountainous areas.
features
Little lizards reach a head-torso length of about 65 mm. The males are barely larger than the females. The head and trunk are only slightly flattened. Unlike most other real lizards, the wing bone , which forms part of the palate, is dentate.
distribution
Little lizards are native to the Asian part of Turkey , parts of Armenia and disjunct in Lebanon .
species
- Parvilacerta fraasii ( Lehrs , 1910)
- Parvilacerta parva ( Boulenger , 1887)
literature
- DJ Harris, EN Arnold, RH Thomas: Relationships of lacertid lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London . Series B: Biological Sciences. Vol. 265, No. 1409, 1998, pp. 1939-1948, doi : 10.1098 / rspb.1998.0524 .
- E. Nicholas Arnold, Oscar Arribas, Salvador Carranza: Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera (= Zootaxa . 1430). Magnolia Press, Auckland 2007, digital version (PDF; 2.76 MB) .
Web links
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