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.    

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  Revision of the Levantine Lacerta laevis / kulzeri complex: 1. The saxicolous lizard Lacerta cyanisparsa sp.n. The probably allopatric new species belongs to the Levantine Lacerta laevis/kulzeri complex. Morphologically, it has an intermediate position. The Syrian and Turkish populations can be distinguished by pholidosis. Like L . kulzeri s.l., it is a saxicolous lizard. It lives in the northern parts of the Inner Levant , i.e. east of the Syrian rift valley in NW Syria and adjacent Turkey. Its habitats and ecological affinities with the syntopic L . cappadocica wolteri, are described. Data on courtship behaviour are given.