Darevskia clarkorum is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to the Republic of Georgia and Turkey.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. clarkorum
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| Darevskia clarkorum (Darevsky & Vedmederja, 1977)
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Etymology edit
The specific name, clarkorum (genitive plural), is in honor of British zoologists Richard J. Clark and Erica D. Clark, who are husband and wife.[3]
Geographic range edit
D. clarkorum is found in Adjara in southwestern Georgia, and also in adjacent northeastern Turkey.[2]
Habitat edit
The preferred natural habitats of D. clarkorum are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of 1,500–2,200 m (4,900–7,200 ft).[1]
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Tuniyev B, Ananjeva NB, Agasyan A, Orlov N, Tuniyev S (2009). "Darevskia clarkorum (errata version published in 2017)". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T11117A3251827.en. Accessed on 04 March 2022.
- ^ a b c Species Darevskia clarkorum at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Darevskia clarkorum, p. 55).
Further reading edit
- Bischoff W (2007). "Auf der Suche nach Gebirgseidechsen in drei Erdteilen [=Searching for mountain lizards on three continents]". Draco 7: 54–73. (in German).
- Darevsky IS, Vedmederja VI (1977). "[A new species of rock lizard of the Lacerta saxicola Eversmann group from northeastern Turkey and adjoining regions of Adjaria]". [Trudy Zoological Institute and Academy, Nauk SSSR ] 74: 50–54. (Lacerta clarkorum, new species). (in Russian, with an abstract in English).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Laina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
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