Darevskia dryada (DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV, 1997)
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Darevskia dryada
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Charnali Lizard |
| Synonym | Lacerta dryada DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV 1997 Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) dryada — SINDACO et al. 2000 Darevskia dryada — ANANJEVA et al. 2006: 83 Darevskia dryada — DORONIN 2015 Darevskia dryada — NCBI 2016 |
| Distribution | SW Republic of Georgia (NE foothills of the Pontic Ridge, within the boundery of area Adzharistan = Adzharia) Type locality: Adzharistan, Khelvachaury district, gorge of Charnali, W Republic of Georgia. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: SNP (also given as CNR), Sochi 1103 (7), adult male; Paratypes: ZISP 18809, 18810 |
| 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). Additional details (1050 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Synonymy: D. dryada is a synonym of Darevskia clarkorum fide SCHMIDTLER et al. (2002) but variously recognized as valid species or synonym by more recent authors. Hybridization: D. clarkorum (and D. dryada) possibly hybridize with D. rudis (DAREVSKY & TUNIYEV 1997). Distribution: populations from NE Turkey (vicinity of Hope) are indistinguishable from D. clarkorum and were assigned to this species, hence there is no dryada in Turkey (Arribas et al. 2021). |
| Etymology | 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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