Northwestern Syria and adjacent southern Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan and Cyprus. 

Genus:

Phoenicolacerta ARNOLD et al., 2007

Species (4):

Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa  (SCHMIDTLER & BISCHOFF, 1999)

Phoenicolacerta kulzeri  (MÜLLER & WETTSTEIN, 1932)

Phoenicolacerta laevis  (GRAY, 1838)

Phoenicolacerta troodica  (WERNER, 1936)

Species Typica:

Phoenicolacerta laevis  (GRAY, 1838)


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Arnold, E.N. & Arribas, O. & Carranza, S. (2007) -  Systematics of the Palaearctic and Oriental lizard tribe Lacertini (Squamata: Lacertidae: Lacertinae), with descriptions of eight new genera. -  Zootaxa, 1430: 1-86.    

 
 
 
 

Phoenicolacerta: 253  pictures (see species level)

 
 
 

Phoenicolacerta laevis  © 2011 Angelika & Siegfried Troidl