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Higher TaxaLacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesDarevskia bithynica bithynica (MÉHELY 1909)
Darevskia bithynica tristis (LANTZ & CYRÉN 1936) 
Common NamesG: Grusinische Eidechse, Kielschwanz-Felseidechse 
SynonymLacerta saxicola var. bithynica MÉHELY 1909: 495, 537
Lacerta saxicola bithynica — LANTZ & CYRÉN 1936: 178
Lacerta (Darevskia) rudis bithynica — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Darevskia bithynica bithynica — ARRIBAS et al. 2013
Darevskia bithynica bithynica — ARRIBAS et al. 2022

Darevskia bithynica tristis (LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1936)
Lacerta saxicola tristis LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1936: 176
[Darevskia] saxicola tristis — DAREVSKY 1967t
Darevskia rudis tristis — BÖHME & BISCHOFF 1984
Lacerta (Darevskia) rudis tristis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Darevskia bithynica tristis — ARRIBAS et al. 2013
Darevskia bithynica tristis — ARRIBAS et al. 2022 
DistributionC/E Great Caucasus

Lectotype locality: Turkey, Bursa Province, Mountain Bithynian Olympus (= Uludağ) in vicinity of Bursa (= Prusa), 1600 m asl, 40°09 ́N 29°07 ́E. Original type locality: “Bithynischer Olymp bei Brussa”; “Amasia (Klein-Asien)”.

tristis: N Turkey; lectotype locality: Turkey, Sakarya Provinz, Ravine Lafaka Dere (= Lafakr-Dere, Maden Deresi?), fide Doronin 2017  
Reproduction 
TypesLectotype: ZISP 17128, designated by Doronin 2017.
Lectotype: GNM 2481 (Göteborg Museum), designated by Darevsky 1967 [tristis] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (3266 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentSynonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.). RYABININA et al. (2002) question the separation of bischoffi and obscura.

NCBI taxon ID: 1907507 [bithynica]
NCBI taxon ID: 1612236 [tristis] 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
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