Species details
Accepted scientific name:
Darevskia caucasica MÉHELY 1909 (accepted name) 1 literature reference for Darevskia caucasica MÉHELY 1909
Synonyms:
Apathya caucasica (synonym)
Lacerta caucasica MÉHELY 1909 (synonym) 1 literature reference for Lacerta caucasica MÉHELY 1909
Lacerta muralis BOETTGER 1893 (ambiguous synonym)
Lacerta muralis caucasica BOULENGER 1913 (ambiguous synonym)
Lacerta saxicola caucasica NIKOLSKY 1915 (ambiguous synonym) 1 literature reference for Lacerta saxicola caucasica NIKOLSKY 1915
Infraspecific taxon: Darevskia caucasica caucasica (MÉHELY, 1909)
Darevskia caucasica vedenica (DAREVSKY & ROITBERG 1999)
Common names:
Common name Language Country
Kaukasus-Eidechse German -
Classification:
Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Reptilia
Order Squamata
Family Lacertidae
Genus Darevskia
Distribution: Central up to southern parts of the Caucasus Mts. in Russia (Dagestan), Georgia and NE Azerbaijan; SE Chechen Republic. Elevation up to 3200 m (DAREVSKY 1984). Terra typica: Kazbek Mountain, the Caucasus, Georgia vedenica: southern slopes and foothills
Additional data: Synonymy partly after KHALIKOV & ANANJEVA (pers. comm.). Lacerta caucasica daghestanica and L. c. alpina have been elevated to species status. The subspecies vedenica is named after the large settlement Vedeno which is adjacent to its range.
Source database: TIGR Reptiles, Oct 2007
Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.,
Online resource: http://www.tigr.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Darevskia&species=caucasica
CoL taxon LSID: urn:lsid:catalogueoflife.org:taxon:f01cff96-29c1-102b-9a4a-00304854f820:col20110201

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