Darevskia uzzelli

Darevskia uzzelli is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Turkey.[2]

Darevskia uzzelli
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Darevskia
Species:	D. uzzelli
Binomial name
Darevskia uzzelli (Darevsky & Danielyan, 1977)
Synonyms[2]
Lacerta uzzelli Darevsky & Danielyan, 1977 Darevskia uzzelli — Arribas, 1997 Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) uzzelli — Sindaco et al., 2000 Lacerta (Darevskia) uzzelli — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008 Darevskia uzzelli — W. Böhme, 2014

Etymology

The specific name, uzzelli, is in honor of American herpetologist Thomas Marshall Uzzell, Jr. (born 1932).[3]

Geographic range

D. uzzelli is found northeastern Turkey. The type locality is Kars, Turkey.[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of D. uzzelli are forest and rocky areas, at an altitude of 2,200 m (7,200 ft).[1]

Reproduction

D. uzzelli reproduces by parthenogenesis.[2]

References

1. Akarsu F, Tuniyev B, Ananjeva NB, Agasyan A, Orlov NL, Tuniyev S (2009). "Darevskia uzzelli (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164776A114576211. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164776A5925159.en. Downloaded on 26 May 2019.
2. Darevskia uzzelli at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 May 2019.
3. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Darevskia uzzelli, p. 270).

Further reading

• Darevsky I, Danielyan FD (1977). "[Lacerta uzzelli sp. nov. (Sauria: Lacertidae) – new parthenogenetic species of rock lizard from eastern Turkey]". [Trudy Zoological Institute, Leningrad ] 76: 55–59. (Lacerta uzzelli, new species). (in Russian).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
• Tuniyev BS, Tuniyev SB, Avci A, Ilgaz Ç (2014). "[Herpetological research in eastern and northeastern Turkey]". [Modern Herpetology] 14 (1/2): 44–53. (in Russian).