Darevskia praticola

Darevskia praticola

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lacertibaenia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata Episquamata Subordo: Lacertoidea Infraordo: Lacertibaenia

Familia: Lacertidae
Subfamilia: Lacertinae
Genus: Darevskia
Species: Darevskia praticola
Subspecies (5): D. p. hungarica – D. p. hyrcanica – D. p. loriensis – D. p. pontica – D. p. praticola

Name

Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834)

• Type material: unknwon fide Doronin (2016: 161).
• Type locality: “in einer trokenen Wiese zwischen den Schwefelquellen und Sauerbrunnen Nardzana”.

Combinations

• Lacerta praticola Eversmann, 1834: 345 [original combination]
• D[arevskia]. praticola — Arribas, 1997: 305 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Eversmann, E. 1834. Lacertae Imperii Rossici variis in itineribus meis observatae. Nouveaux mémoires de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou 3: 339–369. BHL Reference page. 
• Arribas, O.J. 1997. Morfología, filogenia y biogeografía de las lagartijas de alta montaña de los Pirineos. Publications Universitat Autònoma Barcelona: Barcelona, Spain. 353 pp. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ljubisavljević, K., Orlova, V.F., Džukić, G. & Kalezić, M.L. 2006. Geographic patterns in morphological variation of the meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Lacertidae): taxonomical and biogeographical implications. Periodicum Biologorum 108(1): 47–55. Reference page. 
• Tuniyev, S.B., Doronin, I.V., Kidov, A.A. & Tuniyev B.S. 2011. Systematic and geographical variability of meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Reptilia: Sauria) in the Caucasus. Russian Journal of Herpetology 18(4): 295–316. PDF. Reference page. 

• Freitas, S., Vavakou, A., Arakelyan, M., Drovetski, S.V., Crnobrnja-Isailović, J., Kidov, A.A., Cogălniceanu, D., Corti, C., Lymberakis, P., Harris, D.J. & Carretero, M.A. 2016. Cryptic diversity and unexpected evolutionary patterns in the meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834). Systematics and Biodiversity 14(2): 184–197. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2015.1111267 Reference page. 
• Saberi-Pirooz, R., Ahmazadeh, F., Ataei, S., Taati, M., Qashqaei, A.T. & Carretero, M.A. 2018. A phylogenetic assessment of the meadow lizard Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834) from Iran. Zootaxa 4441(1): 46–58. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4441.1.2 Reference page. 
• Speybroeck, J., Beukema, W., Dufresnes, C., Fritz, U., Jablonski, D., Lymberakis, P., Martínez-Solano, I., Razzetti, E., Vamberger, M., Vences, M., Vörös, J. & Crochet, P.-A. 2020. Species list of the European herpetofauna – 2020 update by the Taxonomic Committee of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica. Amphibia-Reptilia 41(2): 139–189. DOI: 10.1163/15685381-bja10010 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Darevskia praticola. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 August 2021.
• Agasyan, A., Avci, A., Tuniyev, B., Isailovic, J.C., Lymberakis, P., Andrén, C., Cogalniceanu, D., Wilkinson, J., Ananjeva, N., Üzüm, N., Orlov, N., Podloucky, R., Tuniyev, S., Kaya, U., Böhme, W., Ajtic, R., Tok, V., Ugurtas, I.H., Sevinç, M., Crochet, P.-A., Nettmann, H.K., Krecsák, L. 2009. IUCN: Darevskia praticola  (Near Threatened). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T157245A5058913. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T157245A5058913.en

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Wieseneidechse
English: Meadow Lizard
français: Lezard der Prairies
Türkçe: Çayır Kertenkelesi

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