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Darevskia clarkorum

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Darevskia clarkorum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lacertidae
Genus: Darevskia
Species:
D. clarkorum
Binomial name
Darevskia clarkorum
Synonyms[2]
  • Lacerta clarkorum
    Darevsky & Vedmederja, 1977
  • Darevskia clarkorum
    Arribas, 1997
  • Archaeolacerta (Caucasilacerta) clarkorum
    Sindaco et al., 2000
  • Darevskia clarkorum
    Bischoff, 2007

Darevskia clarkorum is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.

Etymology

The specific name, clarkorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American zoologists Richard J. Clark and Erica D. Clark, who are husband and wife.[3]

Geographic range

D. clarkorum is found in Adjara in southwestern Georgia, and also in adjacent northeastern Turkey.[2]

References

  1. ^ Tuniyev B, Ananjeva NB, Agasyan A, Orlov NL [in French], Tuniyev S (2009). "Darevskia clarkorum ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T11117A114549398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T11117A3251827.en. {{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
  2. ^ a b "Darevskia clarkorum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  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 clarkorum, p. 55).

Sources

Further reading

  • Darevsky IS, Vedmederja VI (1977). "A new species of rock lizard [of the] Lacerta saxicola Eversmann group from northeastern Turkey and adjoining regions of Adjaria". Trudy Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 74: 50–54. (Lacerta clarkorum, new species). (in Russian, with an abstract in English).