| Darevskia raddei | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. raddei |
| Binomial name | |
| Darevskia raddei (Boettger, 1892) | |
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.
Geographic range
D. raddei is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.
Habitat
D. raddei is found at altitudes of 600–2,500 m (2,000–8,200 ft) 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 N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Karamiani, Oraei, Khosrawani & E. Rastegar-Pouyani, 2011
- Darevskia raddei raddei (Boettger, 1892)
- Darevskia raddei vanensis (Eiselt, J.F. Schmidtler & Darevsky, 1993)
Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Darevskia.
References
- ^ Tuniyev, B.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S. (2017) . "Darevskia raddei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164753A114557658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164753A5923254.en.
- ^ Darevskia raddei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 May 2019.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Darevskia raddei, p. 215).
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.
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| Darevskia raddei | |