Darevskia clarkorum
Darevskia clarkorum is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Lacertidae |
| Genus: | Darevskia |
| Species: | D. clarkorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Darevskia clarkorum (Darevsky & Vedmederja, 1977) | |
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Etymology
The specific name, clarkorum (genitive plural), is in honor of American zoologists Richard J. Clark and Erica D. Clark, who are husband and wife.[3]
Geographic range
D. clarkorum is found in Adjara in southwestern Georgia, and also in adjacent northeastern Turkey.[2]
References
- Tuniyev B, Ananjeva NB, Agasyan A, Orlov NL, Tuniyev S (2009). "Darevskia clarkorum ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009: e.T11117A114549398. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T11117A3251827.en.{{cite iucn}}: error: |doi= / |page= mismatch (help)
- "Darevskia clarkorum ". 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).
Sources
- European Reptile & Amphibian Specialist Group (1996). Darevskia clarkorum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 2 August 2016.
Further reading
- 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 Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR 74: 50–54. (Lacerta clarkorum, new species). (in Russian, with an abstract in English).
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