Russia, Georgia and Azerbaijan. 

Subspecies:

Darevskia rudis chechenica  (EISELT & DAREVSKY, 1991)

Synonyms:

Lacerta rudis chechenica  EISELT & DAREVSKY, 1991

Types:

Holotype: NMW 33504.1, 6.08.1965; ZISP 17882:1, male fide Böhme 2014: 150; Coll.: I.S. Darevsky.
Paratypes: ZFMK, ZIL, NMW.

Terra Typica:

Type locality: Russia, Chechnya Shatoysky District, gorge of the Argun River 4 km higher (north) of the Sovetskoye (= Shatoy) village, 1500 m asl, 42°54 ́41 ́ ́N 45°42 ́56 ́ ́E.
Paratypes: NMW; paratype locality: Südabfall des zentralen Kaukasus, Pasanauri, Georgien.


Taxonomic notes:

Etymology: Named after the subspecies type locality.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Eiselt, J. & Darevsky, I.S. (1991) -  Lacerta rudis chechenica ssp. n. aus dem Kaukasus (Reptilia: Lacertidae). -  Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 92B: 15-29.    

  • Bischoff, W. (2003) -  Die Eidechsenfauna Georgiens. Teil II. Die Gattung Darevskia. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn, 14 (3): 65-93.