title: Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
text: # Phoenicolacerta kulzeri
  
  Phoenicolacerta kulzeri is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Western Asia.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, kulzeri, is in honor of German coleopterist Hans Kulzer (1889-1974), collector of the holotype.
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  P. kulzeri is found in Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The natural habitat of P. kulzeri is rocky areas.
  
  ## Reproduction
  
  P. kulzeri is oviparous.
  
  ## Conservation status
  
  P. kulzeri is threatened by habitat loss.
  
  ## Subspecies
  
  Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
  
  * Phoenicolacerta kulzeri petraea (Bischoff & J. Müller, 1999)
  * Phoenicolacerta kulzeri khasaliensis Modrý, Necas, Rifai, Bischoff, Hamidan & Amr, 2013
  * Phoenicolacerta kulzeri kulzeri (L. Müller & Wettstein, 1932)
  
  Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Phoenicolacerta.
  
  