Darevskia derjugini

Darevskia derjugini is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Southeast Europe and Western Asia. There are six recognized subspecies.

Darevskia derjugini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Darevskia
Species:
D. derjugini
Binomial name
Darevskia derjugini
(Nikolsky, 1898)
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta derjugini
    Nikolsky, 1898
  • Darevskia derjugini
    — Arribas, 1997
  • Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) derjugini
    — Sindaco et al., 2000
  • Lacerta (Darevskia) derjugini
    — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008
  • Darevskia derjugini
    — Speybroeck et al., 2020

Etymology

The specific name, derjugini, is in honor of Russian hydrobiologist Konstantin Michailovich Derjugin.[3]

Geographic range

D. derjugini is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, southwestern Russia, and Turkey.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. derjugini is forest, at altitudes of 600–1,700 m (2,000–5,600 ft).[1]

Reproduction

D. derjugini is oviparous.[2] Clutch size is four to eight eggs.[1]

Subspecies

Six subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

  • Darevskia derjugini abchasica (Bischoff, 1982)
  • Darevskia derjugini barani (Bischoff, 1982)
  • Darevskis derjugini boehmei (Bischoff, 1982)
  • Darevskia derjugini derjugini (Nikolsky, 1998)
  • Darevskia derjugini orlowae (Bischoff, 1984)
  • Darevskia derjugini silvatica (Bartenef & Reznikova, 1931)

References
  1. Tuniyev B, Ananjeva NB, Agasyan A, Orlov NL, Tuniyev S (2009). "Darevskia derjugini (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164576A114550064. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164576A5909273.en. Downloaded on 31 July 2022.
  2. Darevskia derjugini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 May 2019.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Darevskia derjugini, p. 70).

Further reading
  • Bartenef A, Reznikova M (1931). "Neue Lacerta-Formen (Reptilia) aus dem Kaukasischen Staatsnaturschutzgebiet (Westkaukasus)". Zoologischer Anzeiger 96 (9/10): 268–271. (Lacerta derjugini silvatica, new subspecies). (in German).
  • Bischoff W (1982). "Zur Kenntnis der innerartlichen Gliederung der Artwiner Eidechse Lacerta derjugini Nikolsky, 1898 ". Zoologisches Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden 1 (38): 1–52. (Lacerta derjugini abchasica, new subspecies, p. 44; L. d. barani, n. ssp., p. 32; L. d. boehmei, n. ssp., p. 46). (in German).
  • Bischoff W (1984). "Bemerkungen zur innerartlichen Gliederung und zur Verbreitung der Artwiner Eidechse (Lacerta derjugini Nikolskij 1898) an den Südhängen des Grossen Kaukasas (Sauria: Lacertidae)". Salamandra 20 (2/3): 101–111. (Lacerta derjugini orlowae, new subspecies). (in German, with an abstract in English, and bilingual captions).
  • Nikolsky A (1898). "[On two new lizards from Russia]". Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 3: 284–288. (Lacerta derjugini, new species, pp. 284–286). (in Latin and Russian).



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