Subspecies:

Darevskia rudis chechenica  (EISELT & DAREVSKY, 1991)

Synonyms:

Lacerta rudis chechenica  EISELT & DAREVSKY, 1991

Types:

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

Terra Typica:

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.

Taxonomic notes:

Etymology: Named after the subspecies type locality.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Eiselt, J. & Darevsky, I.S. (1991) -  Lacerta rudis chechenica ssp. n. aus dem Kaukasus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). -  Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 92B: 15-29.    

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  Conventional and multivariate taxonomic methods allow the description of a new subspecies of Lacerta rudis BEDRIAGA from the Central Caucasus: L. rudis chechenica ssp. n. - In this connection the intraspecific relations between the northeastern groupings of Lacerta rudis are demonstrated. - The data-analyses used are described.

• 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.