Darevskia dahli explained

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

Etymology

The specific name, dahli, is in honor of Russian zoologist Sergei Konstantinovich Dahl.^[1]

Geographic range

D. dahli is found in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitats of D. dahli are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of 900–.

Reproduction

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

Further reading

• Darevsky IS (1957). "[Systematics and ecology of rock lizards, ''Lacerta saxicola'' [[Eduard Friedrich Eversmann|Eversmann]], in Armenia]". Zoologicheskii Sbornik, Akademiya Nauk Armyanskoi SSR 10: 27–57. (Lacerta saxicola dahli, new subspecies, p. 32). (in Russian with an abstract in Armenian).
• Darevsky IS (1966). "Natural Parthenogenesis in a Polymorphic Group of Caucasian Rock Lizards Related to Lacerta saxicola Eversmann". Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5 (4): 115–152. (Lacerta dahli, new taxonomic status, p. 127).

Notes and References

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