Darevskia unisexualis

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	LACERTIDAE

Scientific Name:

Darevskia unisexualis

Species Authority:

(Darevsky, 1966)

Common Name/s:

English	–	Unisexual Lizard, White-Bellied Lizard
French	–	Lezard a Ventre Blanc

Synonym/s:

Lacerta unisexualis Darevsky, 1966

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Near Threatened ver 3.1
Year Published:	2009
Assessor/s:	Aram Agasyan and Natalia Ananjeva
Reviewer/s:	Neil Cox and Helen Temple
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Near Threatened because its Extent of Occurrence is probably not much greater than 20,000 km2, and the extent and quality of its habitat are probably not declining fast enough to qualify for a threat category, thus making the species close to qualifying for Vulnerable.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is restricted to the Caucasus, where it occurs in Armenia, northeastern Turkey (Vilayets Erzurum, Ardahan and Agri) and southern Georgia (Baran and Atatür, 1998). It ranges to 2,000m asl.
Countries:	Native: Armenia (Armenia); Georgia; Turkey
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Population [top]

Population:	It is found at low densities compared to sympatric species.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is present in rocky and stony areas, and high steppe habitat. The females lay clutches of about five (two to seven) eggs (Baran and Atatur 1998).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	It is threatened in parts of its range by overgrazing of habitat by domestic livestock (sheep and cattle).

Major Threat(s):

It is threatened in parts of its range by overgrazing of habitat by domestic livestock (sheep and cattle).

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species has been recorded from several protected areas (including Sevan Lake National Park). Further studies are needed into the distribution and threats to this species, with monitoring of populations also required.

Conservation Actions:

This species has been recorded from several protected areas (including Sevan Lake National Park). Further studies are needed into the distribution and threats to this species, with monitoring of populations also required.

Citation:	Aram Agasyan and Natalia Ananjeva 2009. Darevskia unisexualis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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