Darevskia armeniaca (Méhely, 1909) is a animal in the Lacertidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Darevskia armeniaca (Méhely, 1909)

Darevskia armeniaca (Méhely, 1909)

Darevskia armeniaca, the Armenian rock lizard, is a parthenogenetic wall lizard species native to the Armenian Highland.

Family
Genus
Darevskia
Order
Class
Squamata

About Darevskia armeniaca (Méhely, 1909)

Darevskia armeniaca (Méhely, 1909), commonly called the Armenian lizard or the Armenian rock lizard, is a parthenogenetic, or unisexually breeding, species (or form) in the genus Darevskia. This genus of lizards belongs to Lacertidae, the wall lizard family. This species is native to the Armenian Highland. Its geographic range includes northeastern Turkey, northern and northwestern Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan.

Photo: (c) Oleg, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Oleg · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Lacertidae Darevskia

More from Lacertidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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