Darevskia dahli

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Darevskia dahli
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Darevskia
Species:
D. dahli
Binomial name
Darevskia dahli
(Darevsky, 1957)
Synonyms [2]
  • Lacerta saxicola dahli
    Darevsky, 1957
  • Lacerta dahli
    — Darevsky, 1966
  • Darevskia dahli
    Arribas, 1997

Darevskia dahli is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, dahli, is in honor of Russian zoologist Sergei Konstantinovich Dahl. [3]

Geographic range

D. dahli is found in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine. [1] [2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of D. dahli are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of 900–1,700 m (3,000–5,600 ft). [1]

Reproduction

D. dahli is oviparous and parthenogenetic. [2] An adult female may lay a clutch of 2–5 eggs. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Agasyan A, Ananjeva NB (2009). "Darevskia dahli (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164720A114536951. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164720A5920615.en. Downloaded on 25 May 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 Darevskia dahli 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 dahli, p. 64).

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