Subspecies:

Darevskia rudis macromaculata  (DAREVSKY, 1967)

Types:

Holotype: ZISP 17940, male (Figs. 8-9 in Doronin 2017), 24.06.1961. Coll.: I.S. Darevsky. ZISP 17940, male

Terra Typica:

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

Taxonomic notes:

Etymology: Named after the Greek “makros”, long, large, and after Latin noun “macula”, spot, stain, referring to the characteristic large lateral spots in this subspecies.

Relevant taxonomic literature:

• Darevsky, I.S. (1967) -  Rock lizards of the Caucasus. (Systematic, ecology and phylogeneis of the polymorphic groups of rock lizards of the subgenus Archaeolacerta). -  Leningrad, Nauka Press. 276 S.  

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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.