Darevskia clarkorum
Appearance
Darevskia clarkorum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Lacertidae |
Genus: | Darevskia |
Species: | D. clarkorum
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Binomial name | |
Darevskia clarkorum (Darevsky & Vedmederja, 1977)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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
- ^ 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)
- ^ a b "Darevskia clarkorum ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ 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
- European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). Darevskia clarkorum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 August 2016.
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).