Darevskia derjugini explained

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.^[1]

D. derjugini is found in Azerbaijan, Georgia, southwestern Russia, and Turkey.

The preferred natural habitat of D. derjugini is forest, at altitudes of 600–.

D. derjugini is oviparous. Clutch size is four to eight eggs.

Six subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.

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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). "[On 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).