Phoenicolacerta laevis

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata

Subordo: Lacertoidea
Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Phoenicolacerta
Species: Phoenicolacerta laevis
Name

Phoenicolacerta laevis (Gray, 1838)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.9.3.2.

Type locality: not designated.
Combinations

Lacerta laevis Gray, 1838: 279 [original combination]
Phoenicolacerta laevis — Arnold, Arribas & Carranza, 2007: 51 [subsequent combination]

References
Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1838. Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Part 1. Annals of Natural History 1: 274–283. BHL
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. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2022. Phoenicolacerta laevis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 April 2019.
Crochet, P.-A., Lymberakis, P., Hraoui-Bloquet, S., Sadek, R., Werner, Y.L., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Kaska, Y., Kumlutaş, Y., Kaya, U., Avci, A., Üzüm, N., Yeniyurt, C. & Akarsu, F. 2009. IUCN: Phoenicolacerta laevis (Least Concern) (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164570A86642956. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164570A5908737.en

Vernacular names
English: Lebannoon Lizard

Phoenicolacerta laevis, the Lebanon lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is found in Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. Its natural habitats are temperate forest, Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation, rocky areas, arable land, pastureland, plantations, and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
References

Crochet, P.-A.; Lymberakis, P.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Werner, Y.L.; Tok, V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Kaska, Y.; Kumlutaş, Y.; Kaya, U.; Avci, A.; Üzüm, N.; Yeniyurt, C.; Akarsu, F. (2016) [errata version of 2009 assessment]. "Phoenicolacerta laevis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164570A86642956. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164570A5908737.en. Retrieved 5 April 2020.