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Darevskia rostombekowi
Conservation status
Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Darevskia
Species:	D. rostombekowi
Binomial name
Darevskia rostombekowi (Darevsky, 1957)
Synonyms
Lacerta saxicola rostombekowi Darevsky, 1957 Lacerta rostombekovi — Darevsky, 1967 Darevskia rostombekovi — Arribas, 1997 Darevskia rostombekowi — Murphy et al., 2000 Lacerta (Darevskia) rostombekowi — Sindaco & Jeremčenko, 2008

Darevskia rostombekowi is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Transcaucasia.

Etymology

The specific name, rostombekowi, is in honor of Georgian biologist V. N. Rostombekov.

Geographic range

D. rostombekowi is found in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

Habitat

The preferred habitats of D. rostombekowi are rocky areas and shrubland, at altitudes of 600–1,700 m (2,000–5,600 ft).

Reproduction

D. rostombekowi is oviparous and parthenogenetic.

References

1. ^ Agasyan A, Ananjeva NB (2009). " Darevskia rostombekowi (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164563A114536228. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164563A5908109.en. Downloaded on 24 January 2020.
2. ^ Darevskia rostombekowi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 25 May 2019.
3. 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 rostombekowi, p. 227).

Further reading

• Darevsky IS (1957). "СИСТЕМАТИКА И ЭКОЛОГИЯ СКАЛЪНЪІХ ЯЩЕРИЦ LACERTA SAXICOLA EVERSMANN, РАСПРОСТРАНЕННЪІХ В АРМЕНИИ ". 10: 27-57. (Lacerta saxicola rostombekowi, new subspecies, p. 35). (in Russian, with an abstract in Armenian).
• Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.

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