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.    

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  The new subspecies is fouпd in the mauпtain regions of south-eastern Georgia and northern Armenia. It differs from the nominative form Ьу а much darker соlош of the body upper side and Ьу certain peculiarities of the squamous cover.

• 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.