Southeast Turkey. Mergan Plateau, Hakkari and Narlica valley, Van (SE most Turkey). 

Species:

Darevskia spitzenbergerae  (EISELT, DAREVSKY & SCHMIDTLER, 1992)

Subspecies (2):

Darevskia spitzenbergerae spitzenbergerae  (EISELT, DAREVSKY & SCHMIDTLER, 1992)

Darevskia spitzenbergerae wernermayeri  ARRIBAS et al., 2022

Synonyms:

Lacerta valentini lantzicyreni   EISELT, DAREVSKY & SCHMIDTLER, 1992

Types:

spitzenbergerae:
Holotype: NMW 32224, male, SPITZENBERGER leg., 17. 7. 1974.

wernermayeri:
Holotype: ZDEU123/2015 (n.3), ♂. leg. Yusuf Kumlutaş, Çetin Ilgaz, 29.07.2015.

Terra Typica:

spitzenbergerae:
Mergan Yayla (= Alm in the Cilo-Sat Mountains), E Turkey, Vil. Hakkari, 2500 m.

wernermayeri:
Yukarınarlıca village, Çatak, van, Turkey.


Taxonomic notes:

Etymology: Named after Friederike Spitzenberger (b. 1939), Austrian zoologist, collector of the type series.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • 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 spitzenbergerae: 4  pictures (see subspecies level)

 
 
 

Darevskia spitzenbergerae wernermayeri  © Werner Steffen