SE Türkiye. Mergan Plateau, Hakkari, Türkiye and Narlica valley, Van. 

Subspecies:

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

Types:

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

Terra Typica:

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


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.