Darevskia raddei

Darevskia raddei, known commonly as the Azerbaijan lizard,^[2] is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Eurasia. There are three subspecies.

Darevskia raddei
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Lacertidae
Genus:	Darevskia
Species:	D. raddei
Binomial name
Darevskia raddei (Boettger, 1892)

Etymology

The specific name, raddei, is in honor of German naturalist Gustav Radde.^[3]

Geographic range

D. raddei is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.^[2]

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.^[1]

Subspecies

Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.^[2]

• 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

1. Tuniyev, B.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S. (2017) [errata version of 2009 assessment]. "Darevskia raddei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T164753A114557658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164753A5923254.en.
2. Darevskia raddei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 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 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.