Turkey, Georgia, Armenia, Russia and Azerbaijan.  

Species:

Darevskia rudis  (BEDRIAGA, 1886)

Subspecies (8):

Darevskia rudis rudis  (BEDRIAGA, 1886)

Darevskia rudis bischoffi  (BÖHME & BUDAK, 1977)

Darevskia rudis bolkardaghica  ARRIBAS et al., 2013

Darevskia rudis chechenica  (EISELT & DAREVSKY, 1991)

Darevskia rudis lantzicyreni  (DAREVSKY & EISELT, 1967)

Darevskia rudis macromaculata  (DAREVSKY, 1967)

Darevskia rudis obscura  (LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1936)

Darevskia rudis svanetica  (DAREVSKY & EISELT, 1980)

Synonyms:

Podarcis depressa  CAMERANO, 1878

Lacerta depressa var. rudis  BEDRIAGA, 1886

Lacerta depressa  WERNER, 1904

Lacerta saxicola rudis  MEHELY, 1909

Lacerta muralis var. rudis  BOULENGER, 1920

Lacerta rudis  ENGELMANN et al, 1993

Darevskia rudis  ARRIBAS, 1997

Common names:

Spiny-Tailed Lizard (English)
Grusinische Eidechse (German)
Kielschwanz-Felseidechse (German)
Грузинская ящерица (Russian)

Types:

rudis: Lectotype: MRSN (= MSNTO = MZUT) 2737:1 (Museo ed Istituto di Zoologia Sistematica, Torino), designated by Böhme and Budak 1977.

bischoffi: Holotype: ZDEU 183/977, 05.1977. Coll.: A. Budak.

bolkardaghica: Holotype: ZDEU 144/2009.6, 19.07.2009. Coll.: Y. Kumlutas.

chechenica: Holotype: NMW 33504.1, 6.08.1965; ZISP 17882:1, male fide Böhme 2014: 150; Coll.: I.S. Darevsky; Paratypes: ZFMK, ZIL, NMW.

lantzicyreni: Lectotype (designated by Darevsky & Eiselt 1967): GNM 2459, female.

macromaculata: Holotype: ZISP 17940.6 (Figs. 8-9 in Doronin 2017), 24.06.1961. Coll.: I.S. Darevsky.

obscura: Lectotype: ZISP 17171.1, designated by Doronin 2017 (Fig. 7 in Doronin 2017), 30.05.1914. Coll.: L.A. Lantz; paralectotypes: BMNH 1918.11.21.5–7.

svanetica: Holotype: ZISP 17875.1 (Fig. 10 in Doronin 2017), 13.08.1965. Coll.: I.S. Darevsky.

Terra Typica:

rudis: Type locality: Batumi (Republic of Georgia) and Trabzon (Turkey).

bischoffi: Type locality: Turkey, Artvin Province, 6 km to the southwest Arhavi, rocky exits along the automobile route, 41°19 ́15 ́ ́N 41°14 ́41 ́ ́E.

bolkardaghica: Type locality: Karagöl, Ulukışla, Niğde, Central Anatolia; “Turkey, Mersin Province, rocks vicinity of Karagöl Lake, 37°24 ́13 ́ ́N 34°33 ́27 ́ ́E” fide Doronin 2017.

chechenica: Type locality: Russia, Chechnya Shatoysky District, gorge of the Argun River 4 km higher (north) of the Sovetskoye (= Shatoy) village, 1500 m asl, 42°54 ́41 ́ ́N 45°42 ́56 ́ ́E; paratypes: NMW; paratype locality: Südabfall des zentralen Kaukasus, Pasanauri, Georgien.

lantzicyreni: Type locality: Erciyes Dað, ca. 1900 asl.” [Erciyes (= Erdschias) Dagh in Kayseri, Central Anatolia, Turkey].

macromaculata: Type locality: Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti Region, vicinity of Akhalkalaki, about 1800 m asl, 41°23 ́N 43°29 ́E.

obscura: Lectotype locality: Georgia, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Borjomi, Road to Akhaltsikhe.

svanetica: Type locality: Georgia, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Region, vicinity of Mestia, 43°03 ́N, 42°45 ́E, 1700 m asl; Paratype locality: Pari in the Inguri Valley, Svaneti.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Bedriaga, J. von (1886) -  Description of Darevskia rudis rudis. -  In: “Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Lacertiden-Familie (Lacerta, Algiroides, Tropidosaura, Zerzumia, Bettaia)”. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 14: 17-444.   

  • Ryabinina, N.L. & Bannikova, A.A. & Kosushkin , S.A. & Ciobanu, D.G. & Milto, D.A. & Tuniyev, B.S. Orlova, V.F. & Grechko, V.V. & Darevsky, I.S. (2002) -  Estimation of the subspecies level of differentiation in Caucasian lizards of the genus Darevskia (syn. Lacerta saxicola complex, Lacertidae, Sauria) using genome DNA markers. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Moscow, 9 (3): 185–194.    

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

  • Ciobanu, D.G. & Grechko, V.V. & Darevsky, I.S. (2003) -  Molecular Evolution of Satellite DNA CLsat in Lizards from the Genus Darevskia (Sauria: Lacertidae): Correlation with Species Diversity. -  Russian Journal of Genetics, Moscow, 39 (11): 1292-1305.    

    Чобану Д.Г., Гречко В.В., Даревский И.С. (2003) -  Молекулярная эволюция сателлитной ДНК CLSAT ящериц рода Darevskia (Sauria: Laeertidae): корреляция с видовым разнообразием. -  Генетика, 39 (11): 1527-1541.  

  • Arribas, O. & Candan, K. & Kornilios, P. & Ayaz, D. & Kumlutas, Y. & Gül, S. & Yilmaz, C. & Yildirim Caynak, E. & Ilgaz, C. (2022) -  Revising the taxonomy of Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892) and Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886) (Squamata, Lacertidae): a Morpho-Phylogenetic integrated study in a complex Anatolian scenario. -  Zootaxa, 5224 (1): 1-68.    

 
 
 
 

Darevskia rudis: 195  pictures (see subspecies level)

 
 
 

Darevskia rudis chechenica  © 2022 Kseniia Marianna Prondzynska