Mashavera valley in Georgia and Debeta valley in Armenia. 

Subspecies:

Darevskia portschinskii nigrita  (BAKRADZE, 1976)

Synonyms:

Lacerta portschinskii nigrita   BAKRADZE, 1976

Types:

Holotype: ZISP 18604, Coll. M.A. Bakradze

Terra Typica:

Vicinity of Village Dmanisi (Дманиси), Kvemo Kartli Region, Georgia.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Bakradze, M.A. (1976) -  New subspecies, Lacerta portschinskii nigrita ssp.n., from the Eastern Transcaucasia. -  Vestnik zoologii, Journal of the Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev, 1976 (4): 54-57.    

  • Bischoff, W. (2003) -  Die Eidechsenfauna Georgiens. Teil II. Die Gattung Darevskia. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn, 14 (3): 65-93.