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Darevskia armeniaca (MÉHELY, 1909)

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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesG: Armenische Eidechse 
SynonymLacerta saxicola armeniaca MÉHELY 1909: 549
Lacerta muralis BOETTGER 1893
Lacerta muralis var. chalybdea BOULENGER 1904
Lacerta saxicola rudis — MEHELY 1909: 494
Lacerta saxicola var. chalybdea — MEHELY 1909: 494
Podarcis muralis var. chalybdea — BOULENGER 1920: 278
Lacerta saxicola armeniaca — LANTZ & CYRÉN 1936: 179
Lacerta saxicola armeniaca — DAREVSKY 1957: 40
Lacerta armeniaca — DAREVSKY 1967
Lacerta armeniaca — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Lacerta armeniaca — FU, MURPHY & DAREVSKY 2000
Darevskia armeniaca — ARRIBAS 1997
Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) armeniaca — SINDACO et al. 2000
Darevskia “armeniaca” — BISCHOFF 2002
Lacerta armeniaca — SZCZERBAK 2003
Darevskia armeniaca — ARNOLD et al. 2007
Lacerta (Darevskia) armeniaca — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Darevskia armeniaca — SPEYBROECK et al. 2020 
DistributionNW/N Armenia, S Republic of Georgia (Small Caucasus), NE Turkey, W Azerbaijan, NW Turkey, N Ukraine (introduced)

Type locality: coast of the Lake Sevan, Armenia; “Elenowka, am Westufer des Göktshai-Sees” (fide MEHELY 1909: 549)  
Reproductionoviparous; Parthenogenetic "species".  
TypesHolotype: SMF 12066 (formerly 6028,z) 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1789 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.). Petrosyan et al. (2003) show that the populations of D. dahli examined have genetically heterogeneous structure (at the level of between-population differences) whereas the populations of D. armeniaca have genetically homogeneous structure characteristic of one clone.

Lacerta armeniaca originated from interspecific hybridization of L. valentini and L. mixta (Darevsky, 1992; MacCulloch et al., 1995, Girnyk et al. 2018). Darevsky 1957 described hybridization between L. saxicola armeniaca and L. s. defilippii. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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