Darevskia clarkorum (DAREVSKY & VEDMEDERJA, 1977)
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Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | G: Clarks Felseneidechse |
Synonym | Lacerta clarkorum DAREVSKY & VEDMEDERJA 1977 Lacerta clarcorum DAREVSKY & WEDMEDEWA — ANANJEVA et al. 1988 Lacerta clarkorum — ENGELMANN et al 1993 Lacerta clarkorum — FU & MURPHY 1997 Darevskia clarkorum — ARRIBAS 1997 Lacerta dryada DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV 1997 Darevskia dryada — NCBI 2016 Darevskia clarkorum — MURPHY et al. 2000 Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) dryada — SINDACO et al. 2000 Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) clarkorum — SINDACO et al. 2000 Lacerta clarkorum — SZCZERBAK 2003 Darevskia clarkorum — BISCHOFF 2007 Lacerta (Darevskia) clarkorum — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 |
Distribution | Coast of the Black Sea in SW Republic of Georgia (Adzharia) and NE Turkey; elevation 50-1750 m. Type locality: Cankurtaran Pass between Hopa and Borçka, Artvin province, NE Turkey. dryada: NE foothills of the Pontic Ridge , within the boundery of area Adzharistan (Adzharia, SW Republic of Georgia) and NE Turkey (vicinity of Hope); Type locality: Adzharistan, Khelvachaury district, gorge of Charnali, W Republic of Georgia. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: CAS 105610 Holotype: CNR, Sochi 1103 (7), adult male; Paratypes: ZISP 18809, 18810 [dryada] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (dryada): distinguished from related species by “body coloration, and some metric and meristic characters of pholidosis, in particular by the scutellation of the head temporal area” (see Fig. 3, Tables 1-3 in DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV 1997). |
Comment | Synonymy: D. dryada is a synonym of Darevskia clarkorum fide SCHMIDTLER et al. (2002). Picture in Elaphe 8 (1): 80 (2000). Hybridization: D. clarkorum (and D. dryada) possibly hybridize with D. rudis (DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV 1997). NCBI taxon ID: 237993 [dryada] IUCN ID: 164722 [dryada] |
Etymology | named after Richard and Erica Clark who discovered these lizards in 1967, 20 km west of Borčka in eastern Turkey. D. dryada was named after the mythological creature inhabiting trees associated with the Teriary-relict forests of southern Colchis and having pronounced arboreal mode of life. |
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