Subspecies:

Darevskia portschinskii portschinskii  (KESSLER, 1878)

Types:

Holotype: unlocated, originally stored at St. Petersburg University (fide I. DORONIN).

Terra Typica:

Tbilisi (= Tiflis), Republic of Georgia.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Kessler, K.F. (1878) -  Description of Darevskia portschinskii. -  In: Transcaucasian voyage. - Travaux de la Société des Naturalistes de St. Pétersbourg, 8 (suppl.). 200 pp.   

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• 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.