Darevskia spitzenbergerae

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Darevskia spitzenbergerae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Darevskia
Species:
D. spitzenbergerae
Binomial name
Darevskia spitzenbergerae
(Eiselt, Darevsky, & Schmidtler, 1992)
Synonyms

Darevskia valentini spitzenbergerae (Crucitti et al., 2023)

Darevskia spitzenbergerae, the Caucasian rock lizard or Valentin's lizard, is a lizard species in the genus Darevskia . It is endemic to Turkey. [1] It has also been classified as a subspecies of Darevskia valentini . [1]

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