Subspecies:

Darevskia derjugini orlowae  (BISCHOFF, 1984)

Types:

Holotype: ZFMK 38047, paratypes in MTD (= MTKD)

Terra Typica:

Near Pasanauri, Georgia.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Bischoff, W. (1984) -  Bemerkungen zur innerartlichen Gliederung und zur Verbreitung der Artwiner Eidechse (Lacerta derjugini NIKOLSKIJ, 1898) an den Südhängen des Großen Kaukasus. -  Salamandra, Bonn, 20 (2/3): 101-111.    

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  An analysis based on 55 specimens of Lacerta derjugini from different localities on the southern slope of the Great Caucasus, all situated in the territory of the Georgian SSR/USSR, lead to the following results: 1. The distribution area of Lacerta derjugini boehmei BISCHOFF, 1982, is restricted to the westernmost part of the southern slope of the Caucasus. 2. Apart from the type locality (Suchumi) Lacerta derjugini abchasica BISCHOFF, 1982, also exists in the river valleys of the Kodori and Inguri. 3. The lizards living in the eastern part of the distribution area are described here as Lacerta derjugini orlowae ssp.n. (type locality: Pasanauri).

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

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  In Georgia, 16 species of rock lizards of the Genus Darevskia are occuring (D. alpina, D. „armeniaca`, D. brauneri, D. caucasica, D. clarkorum, D. daghestanica, D. „dahli`, D. derjugini, D. mixta, D. nairensis, D. parvula, D. portschinskii, D. praticola, D. rudis, D. „unisexualis` and D. Valentini). Besides short presentations of the single species and hints on their distribution and habitats, also some systematic remarks are given.