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Parvilacerta parva (BOULENGER, 1887)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Dwarf Lizard
G: Zwergeidechse 
SynonymLacerta parva BOULENGER 1887: 22
Lacerta parva — KOSSWIG 1955
Lacerta parva — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Lacerta (Parvilacerta) parva — HARRIS et al. 1998
Archaeolacerta (Parvilacerta) parva — SINDACO et al. 2000
Parvilacerta parva — BISCHOFF 2005
Parvilacerta parva — ARNOLD et al. 2007
Lacerta (Parvilacerta) parva — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Parvilacerta parva — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 
DistributionArmenian Mountainland, Turkey (central and NE Anatolia)

Type locality: Asia Minor  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.6.47 
DiagnosisDiagnosis (genus): Unique among Lacertini in following features: medial loop of clavicle never interrupted posteriorly, plicae on hemipenial lobes replaced by longitudinal flaps and folds, hemipenial microornamentation of often bifid tubercles, female genital sinus unlobed, only 24 chromosomes (8 single-armed and 14 double-armed macrochromosomes and 2 microchromosomes). Also possessing the following features found only in a minority of other Lacertini: pterygoid teeth present, septomaxilla with anterior and posterior projections, slight medial depression on snout, elevated number of presacral vertebrae (usually 27–28 in males, 29 in females), BC-type tail vertebrae, nostril separated from first upper labial scale, collar serrated, eight longitudinal rows of ventral scales, preanal scale bordered by two or more semicircles of smaller ones, often blue or green ocelli on flanks of males, nasal vestibule markedly elongated with overhanging posterior border, kidney expanded and more than half its length in front of sacrum. Other more widely distributed features include: head and body not strongly depressed, seven or eight premaxillary teeth, inscriptional ribs usually absent, tail not brightly coloured in hatchlings (from Arnold et al. 2007: 50). 
CommentType Species: Lacerta parva Boulenger, 1887 is the type species of the genus Parvilacerta ARNOLD et al. 2007. 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “parvus, -a, -um” = small.

The genus was (also) named after Latin parvus = small, and lacerta = lizard. 
References
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