''Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa'' is a species of

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

in the family

Lacertidae The Lacertidae are the family (biology), family of the wall lizards, true lizards, or sometimes simply lacertas, which are native to Afro-Eurasia. It is a diverse family with at least 300 species in 39 genera. They represent the dominant group o ...

. It is found in

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

and

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

. It is an egg-laying species. The population trend of ''Phoenicolacerta cyanisparsa'' is stable. It is abundant within its small range.

Habitat

Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

s are rocky habitats with Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It can also occur in lightly grazed or cultivated areas.

References

Phoenicolacerta Lizards of Asia Reptiles of Syria Reptiles of Turkey Reptiles described in 1999 Taxa named by Josef Friedrich Schmidtler Taxa named by Wolfgang Bischoff Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{lacertidae-stub