Armenian lizard explained

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.^{[1] [2]} Darevskia armeniaca is native to the Armenian Highland.

Geographic range

It is found in northeastern Turkey, northern and northwestern Armenia, southern Georgia, and western Azerbaijan.

Further reading

• 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).

Notes and References

1. MacCulloch, R.D.. R.W. Murphy. L.A. Kupriyanova. I.S. Darevsky. F.D. Danielyan. amp. Clonal variation in the parthenogenetic rock lizard Lacerta armeniaca. Genome. 1995. 38. 6 . 1057–1060. 10.1139/g95-141. 18470230 .
2. Fu, J.. R.D. MacCulloch. R.W. Murphy. I.S. Darevsky. amp. Clonal variation in the Caucasian rock lizard Lacerta armeniaca and its origin. Amphibia-Reptilia. 2000. 21. 83–89. 10.1163/156853800507291. free.