Darevskia raddei explained

Darevskia raddei, known commonly as the Azerbaijan lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Eurasia. There are three subspecies.

Etymology

The specific name, raddei, is in honor of German naturalist Gustav Radde.^[1]

Geographic range

D. raddei is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.

Habitat

D. raddei is found at altitudes of 600– in a variety of habitats including forest, shrubland, grassland and rocky areas.

Subspecies

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

• Darevskia raddei chaldoranensis
• Darevskia raddei raddei
• Darevskia raddei vanensis

Nota bene

A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Darevskia.

Further reading

• Boettger O (1892). "Kriechthiere der Kaukasusländer, gessamelt durch die Radde-Valentin'ische Expedition nach dem Karabagh und durch die Herren Dr. J. Valentin und P. Reibisch ". Bericht über die Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main 1892: 131-150. (Lacerta muralis var. raddei, new variety, pp. 142-144). (in German and Latin).
• Grechko VV, Bannikova AA, Kosuchkin SA, Ryabinina NL, Milto KD, Darevsky IS, Kramerov DA (2007). "Molecular Genetic Diversification of the Lizard Complex Darevskia raddei (Sauria: Lacertidae): Early Stages of Speciation". Molecular Biology 41 (5): 764-775.

Notes and References

1. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Darevskia raddei, p. 215).