Türkiye, Artvin Province. Altıparmak Mountains in Barhal valley, north of Yusufeli. 

Species:

Darevskia salihae  KURNAZ, ŞAHIN & EROĞLU, 2022

Types:

Holotype: Adult female, GUK 1/2021-1.

Paratypes: Adult female, GUK 1/2021-2; subadult male, GUK 1/2021-3; subadult female, GUK 1/2021-4.

Terra Typica:

North of Yusufeli, Altıparmak Mountains in Barhal valley, Artvin Province on the Eastern Black Sea (Lat: 40.957°N–Long: 41.325°E and about 1531 m a.s.l.).


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Kurnaz, M. & Şahin, M.K. & Eroğlu, A.İ (2022) -  Hidden Diversity in a Narrow Valley: Description of New Endemic Palearctic Rock Lizard Darevskia (Squamata: Lacertidae) Species from Northeastern Turkey -  Zoological Studies 61:44  

 
 
 
 
 

Darevskia salihae  © 2021 Muammer Kurnaz & Mehmet Kürşat Şahin