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Phoenicolacerta troodica (WERNER, 1936)

IUCN Red List - Phoenicolacerta troodica - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Troodos Rock Lizard 
SynonymLacerta laevis troodica WERNER 1936: 655
Lacerta laevis troodica — BUDAK & GÖCMEN 1995
Phoenicolacerta troodica — ARNOLD et al. 2007
Phoenicolacerta troodica — BAIER et al. 2009
Lacerta (Phoenicolacerta) troodica — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Phoenicolacerta troodica — TAMAR et al. 2015 
DistributionCyprus

Type locality: Platraes, Cypern;  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesSyntypes: NMW 16015:1-5 
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CommentMany authors have not distinguished between L. kulzeri and L. laevis.

The Turkish populations of P. laevis are paraphyletic and are more closely related to P. troodica and P. cyanisparsa based on genetic data. They may need to be split off as a separate species (Tamar et al. 2015). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality, Mount Troodos. 
References
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  • Bischoff, W. 2005. Die echten Eidechsen der Familie Lacertidae - eine Übersicht. Draco 5 (21): 4-27 - get paper here
  • Bischoff, W. 2007. Auf der Suche nach Gebirgseidechsen in drei Erdteilen. Draco 7 (27): 54-73 - get paper here
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