Darevskia
| Darevskia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Darevskia armeniaca | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Subfamily: | Lacertinae |
| Genus: | Darevskia Arribas, 1997[1] |
Darevskia is a genus of wall lizards of the family Lacertidae. It includes 32 species, 27 of which are found in northern Eurasia.[1][2]
Etymology
The generic name, Darevskia, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Ilya Sergeyevich Darevsky.[3]
Species
The following species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Darevskia alpina (Darevsky, 1967)
- Darevskia armeniaca (Méhelÿ, 1909)
- Darvskia bendimahiensis (Schmidtler, Eiselt & Darevsky, 1994)
- Darevskia bithynica (Méhelÿ, 1909)
- Darevskia brauneri (Méhelÿ, 1909)
- Darevskia caspica Ahmadzadeh et al., 2013
- Darevskia caucasica (Méhelÿ, 1909)
- Darevskia chlorogaster (Boulenger, 1908)
- Darevskia clarkorum (Darevsky & Vedmederja, 1977)
- Darevskia daghestanica (Darevsky, 1967)
- Darevskia dahli (Darevsky, 1957)
- Darevskia defilippii (Camerano, 1877)
- Darevskia derjugini (Nikolsky, 1898)
- Darevskia dryada (Darevsky & Tuniyev, 1997)
- Darevskia kamii Ahmadzadeh et al., 2013
- Darevskia kopetdaghica Ahmadzadeh et al., 2013
- Darevskia lindholmi (Lantz & Cyrén, 1936)
- Darevskia mixta (Méhelÿ, 1909)
- Darevskia parvula (Lantz & Cyrén, 1913)
- Darevskia pontica (Lantz & Cyrén, 1919)
- Darevskia portschinskii (Kessler, 1878)
- Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834)
- Darevskia raddei (Boettger, 1892)
- Darevskia rostombekovi (Darevsky, 1957)
- Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886)
- Darevskia sapphirina (Schmidtler, Eiselt & Darevsky, 1994)
- Darevskia saxicola (Eversmann, 1834)
- Darevskia schaekeli Ahmadzadeh et al., 2013
- Darevskia steineri (Eiselt, 1995)
- Darevskia unisexualis (Darevsky, 1966)
- Darevskia uzzelli (Darevsky & Danielyan, 1977)
- Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Darevskia.
References
- 1 2 Ananjeva, Natalia B.; et al. (2006), The Reptiles of Northern Eurasia: Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status, Faunastica 47, Sofia, Bulgaria: Pensoft Publishers, p. 79, ISBN 954-642-269-X.
- 1 2 "Darevskia ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Darevskia, p. 65).
Further reading
- Arribas, Oscar. 1999. Phylogeny and relationships of the mountain lizards of Europe and the Near East (Archeolacerta Mertens, 1921, sensu lato) and their relationships among the Eurasian lacertid radiation. Russian Journal of Herpetology 6 (1): 1-22.
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