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Parvilacerta fraasii (LEHRS, 1910)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Fraas' Lizard
G: Libanon-Eidechse 
SynonymLacerta fraasii LEHRS 1910: 228
Zootoca fraasii — BOULENGER 1920: 140
Lacerta agilis var. colchica EICHWALD (cited in LEHRS 1910)
Lacerta (Parvilacerta) fraasii — HARRIS et al. 1998
Lacerta fraasii — HRAOUI-BLOQUET et al. 2002
Parvilacerta fraasii — BISCHOFF 2005
Parvilacerta fraasii — ARNOLD et al. 2007
Lacerta (Parvilacerta) fraasii — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 
DistributionLebanon Mts (elevation up to 2550 m).

Type locality: “„Cedern" bei Bscherreh”, Lebanon  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: SMNS 1446 (Naturalienkabinett Stuttgart) (fide LEHRS 1910) 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after the collector, Prof. Dr. Oskar Fraas who worked in Lebanon in 1875. 
References
  • 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 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • 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
  • Bischoff, W. & Schmidtler, J.F. 1996. Herpetologische Reiseeindrücke von Syrien und Libanon. Elaphe 4 (2): 68
  • BOSCH, H.A.J. IN DEN 1994. Freilandbeobachtungen an der Libanon-Eidechse Lacerta fraasii LEHRS, 1910. Die Eidechse 5 (11): 13-20 - get paper here
  • BOSCH, H.A.J. IN DEN 1995. Auf der Suche nach Lacerta fraasi im Libanon. Die Eidechse 6 (14): 30 - get paper here
  • Boulenger,G.A. 1920. Monograph of the Lacertidae, vol. 1. British Museum (London) - get paper here
  • Harris, D. J., E. N. ARNOLD & R. H. THOMAS 1998. Relationships of lacertid lizards (Reptilia: Lacertidae) estimated from mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology. Proc. R. Soc. London, B, 265: 1939-1948 - get paper here
  • Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.A.; Sindaco, R. & Venchi, A. 2002. The herpetofauna of Lebanon: new data on distribution. Zoology in the Middle East 27: 35-46 - get paper here
  • Lehrs, Philipp 1910. Ueber eine Lacerta aus dem hohen Libanon (L. fraasi n. sp.) und andere Montanformen unter den Eidechsen. In: Festschrift für R. Hertwig, Bd. 2. Jena, G. Fischer, pp. 225-238 - get paper here
  • Odierna, Gaetano; Olmo, Ettore; Caputo, Vincenzo; Capriglione, Teresa; in den Bosch, Herman A. J. 1995. Karyological affinity between Lacerta fraasii Lehrs, 1910 and Lacerta parva Boulenger, 1887. Amphibia-Reptilia 16 (3): 293-297 - get paper here
  • Schlüter, A. & Hallermann, J. 1997. The Type Specimens in the Herpetological Collection of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beitr. Naturk. Ser. A (553): 1-15 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
 
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