Northwestern Syria and adjacent southern Türkiye (east of the Syrian Rift Valley). 

Species:

Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa  (SCHMIDTLER & BISCHOFF, 1999)

Synonyms:

Lacerta cyanisparsa  SCHMIDTLER & BISCHOFF, 1999

Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa  ARNOLD et al., 2007

Types:

Holotype: ZSM 12/1999, paratypes: ZSM, CAS, SMF, ZFMK

Terra Typica:

Al Barah (Prov. Idlib) in NE Syria (650 m elevation).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Schmidtler, J.F. & Bischoff, W. (1999) -  Revision des levantinischen Lacerta laevis/kulzeri-Komplexes: 1. Die Felseneidechse Lacerta cyanisparsa sp.n. -  Salamandra, Rheinbach, 35 (3): 129-146.    

 
 
 
 
 

Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa  © 2000 Wolfgang Bischoff