''Darevskia derjugini'' is a
species
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of
lizard
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in the
family
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Lacertidae
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. The species is native to
Southeast Europe
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and
Western Asia
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. There are six recognized
subspecies
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.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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In taxonomy, either of these two meanings, each with its own set of rules:
* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''derjugini'', is in honor of Russian hydrobiologist
Konstantin Michailovich Derjugin.
[ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Darevskia derjugini'', p. 70).]
Geographic range
''D. derjugini'' is found in
Azerbaijan
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,
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
Georgia may also refer to:
Places
Historical states and entities
* Related to the ...
, southwestern
Russia
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, and
Turkey
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.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat
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of ''D. derjugini'' is forest
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, at altitudes of .[
]
Reproduction
''D. derjugini'' is oviparous
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.[ ]Clutch
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size is four to eight eggs.[
]
Subspecies
Six subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies
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.
*'' Darevskia derjugini abchasica''
*'' Darevskia derjugini barani''
*'' Darevskis derjugini boehmei''
*''Darevskia derjugini derjugini''
*'' Darevskia derjugini orlowae''
*'' Darevskia derjugini silvatica''
References
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). " n 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).
Darevskia
Fauna of Georgia (country)
Reptiles described in 1898
Taxa named by Alexander Nikolsky
Reptiles of Russia
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