Biology:Darevskia raddei
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. raddei
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| Darevskia raddei (Boettger, 1892)
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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.
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tuniyev, B.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Agasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S. (2009). "Darevskia raddei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164753A114557658. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164753A5923254.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/164753/114557658.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Darevskia raddei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 26 May 2019.
- ↑ 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q4058256 entry
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