Darevskia clarkorum explained

Darevskia clarkorum is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Republic of Georgia and Turkey.

Etymology

The specific name, clarkorum (genitive plural), is in honor of British zoologists Richard J. Clark and Erica D. Clark, who are husband and wife.^[1]

Geographic range

D. clarkorum is found in Adjara in southwestern Georgia, and also in adjacent northeastern Turkey.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of D. clarkorum are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of 1500–.

Reproduction

D. clarkorum is oviparous.

Further reading

• Bischoff W (2007). "Auf der Suche nach Gebirgseidechsen in drei Erdteilen [=Searching for mountain lizards on three continents]". Draco 7: 54–73. (in German).
• Darevsky IS, Vedmederja VI (1977). "[A new species of rock lizard of the ''Lacerta saxicola'' [[Eduard Friedrich Eversmann|Eversmann]] group from northeastern Turkey and adjoining regions of Adjaria]". [''Trudy Zoological Institute and Academy, Nauk SSSR'' ] 74: 50–54. (Lacerta clarkorum, new species). (in Russian, with an abstract in English).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Laina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .

Notes and References

1. [species:Bo Beolens|Beolens, Bo]