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Phoenicolacerta laevis (GRAY, 1838)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Lebanon Lizard
G: Syrische Eidechse 
SynonymLacerta laevis GRAY 1838: 279
Lacerta judaica CAMERANO 1877: 92
Lacerta judaica — BOETTGER 1880
Lacerta laevis laevis — ESTERBAUER 1985
Lacerta laevis — SELIGMANN 2000
Archaeolacerta laevis — SINDACO et al. 2000
Lacerta laevis — BISCHOFF 2005
Phoenicolacerta laevis — ARNOLD et al. 2007
Lacerta (Phoenicolacerta) laevis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Phoenicolacerta laevis — TAMAR et al. 2015
Phoenicolacerta laevis — BAR et al. 2021 
DistributionS Turkey (middle Taurus Mts., Hatay region), NW Syria, Lebanon, Israel, W Jordan

Type locality: not given  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.9.3.2
Type: MSNTO [judaica] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Lizards possessing the following features found only in a minority of other Lacertini: pterygoid teeth sometimes present, sternal fontanelle occasionally weakly heart-shaped, occipital scale often broad; five upper labial scales in front of subocular, apical sections of hemipenial lobes longer than basal ones, their sulcal lips large. Other more widely distributed features include: head and body not or moderately depressed, seven to eleven premaxillary teeth in adults, usual number of presacral vertebrae 26 in males, inscriptional ribs frequently absent, tail not brightly coloured in hatchlings; hemipenial microornamentation of crownshaped tubercles (from Arnold et al. 2007: 51). 
CommentMany authors have not distinguished between L. kulzeri and L. laevis.

Type Species: Lacerta laevis Gray, 1838 is the type species of the genus Phoenicolacerta ARNOLD et al. 2007.

Distribution: see Bar et al. 2021 for a map. 
References
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