Darevskia derjugini

Darevskia derjugini
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Darevskia
Species:	D. derjugini
Binomial name
	Darevskia derjugini; (Nikolsky, 1898)
Synonyms
	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;

Last updated August 02, 2022

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.

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)

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References

1 2 3 4 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.
1 2 3 Darevskia derjugini at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 25 May 2019.
↑ 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).

Bartenef A, Reznikova M (1931). "Neue Lacerta-Formen (Reptilia) aus dem Kaukasischen Staatsnaturschutzgebiet (Westkaukasus)". Zoologischer Anzeiger96 (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 Dresden1 (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)". Salamandra20 (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.-Pétersbourg3: 284–288. (Lacerta derjugini, new species, pp. 284–286). (in Latin and Russian).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 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.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 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).

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