Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
()
- Family:
Lacertidae
()
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
()
- Genus:
Darevskia
()
- Specific name:
alpina
- Darevsky
- Scientific name: - Darevskia alpina Darevsky
- Specific name:
alpina
- Darevsky
- Genus:
Darevskia
(
- Subfamily:
Lacertinae
(
- Family:
Lacertidae
(
- Infraorder:
Scincomorpha
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Apathya Alpina
- Darevskia alpina — Arribas 1997
- Darevskia alpina — Murphy Et Al. 2000
- Lacerta /i> (Zootoca) Caucasica Alpina — Bischoff 1978
- Lacerta alpina Darevsky 1967
- Lacerta alpina — Fu & Murphy 1997
- Lacerta caucasica alpina Bischoff 1978
- Lacerta caucasica alpina Engelmann Et Al. 1993
- Lacerta caucasica Mehely 1909
- Lacerta saxicola caucasica Nikolsky 1915
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
Members of the genus Darevskia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 55 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. alpina · D. armeniaca · D. bendimahiensis · D. brauneri · D. caucasica · D. caucasica caucasica · D. caucasica vedenica · D. chlorogaster (Greenbelly Lizard) · D. clarkorum · D. daghestanica · D. dahli · D. defilippii (Elburs Lizard) · D. derjugini · D. derjugini abchasica · D. derjugini barani · D. derjugini boehmei · D. derjugini orlowae · D. dryada · D. lindholmi · D. mixta · D. nairensis · D. parvula · D. parvula adjarica · D. parvula parvula · D. portschinskii (Kura-Felseidechse) · D. portschinskii nigrita · D. portschinskii portschinskii · D. praticola · D. praticola pontica · D. praticola praticola · D. raddei · D. raddei nairensis · D. raddei raddei · D. raddei vanensis · D. rostombekovi · D. rudis (Kielschwanz-Felseidechse) · D. rudis bischoffi · D. rudis bithynica · D. rudis chechenica · D. rudis macromaculata · D. rudis obscura · D. rudis rudis · D. rudis svanetica · D. rudis tristis · D. sapphirina · D. saxicola · D. steineri · D. unisexualis · D. uzzelli · D. valentini (Valentin's Rock Lizard) · D. valentini lantzicyreni · D. valentini spitzenbergerae · D. valentini valentini (Caucasian Rock Lizard) · D. alpina · D. parvula
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Further Reading
- Bischoff (1978) Salamandra 14 (4): 178-202
- Darevsky (1967) Rock lizards of the Caucasus (English translation 1978), New Delhi, 276 pp.
- Engelmann et al. (1993) Lurche Kriechtiere Europas.
- Fu et al. (1995) Russian J. Herpetol. 2 (1): 36-42
- Fu et al. (1997) Zool. J. Linnean Soc. (1997), 121: 463–477.
- Murphy et al. (2000) Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 130: 527-549
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group 1996. Lacerta alpina. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2538717
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-9282
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 627185
