Subspecies:

Darevskia derjugini ssp. 

Taxonomic notes:

Records from the province of Giresun extend the range of the species in Turkey by about 130 km to the west. Despite the geographical proximity to the ssp. barani, an examination of comparative material (BISCHOFF et al. 2005) did not yield any clear results. Until further clarification, we would like to refrain from assigning these animals to a subspecies.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Bischoff, W. & Franzen, M. & Schmidtler, J.F. (2005) -  Neue, weit westlich gelegene Fundorte von Darevskia derjugini (NIKOLSKIJ, 1898) in der Türkei (Reptilia: Lacertidae) mit Anmerkungen zur Unterartgliederung. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn, 16 (1): 11-19.    

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  We report on new locality records of Darevskia derjugini from the Turkish Pontus Mountains south of Dereli (Giresun province) and near the monastery of Meryemana (Trabzon province). The record from Giresun province extends the Turkish distribution some 130 km to the west. Examination of comparative material questions the taxonomic status of Darevskia derjugini barani to some degree, since characters separating this taxon from D. d. derjugini appear extremely variable and variation of pholidosis may be correlated with climate.