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of the real lizards, family Lacertidae
Darevskia portschinskii nigrita (BAKRADZE, 1976)
Bakradze, M.A. (1976) -
The new subspecies is fouпd in the mauпtain regions of south-eastern Georgia and northern Armenia. It differs from the nominative form Ьу а much darker соlош of the body upper side and Ьу certain peculiarities of the squamous cover.
Bischoff, W. (1978) -
The final part of a series of papers on the lizards of the Caucasus, that have been published in previous years. The paper reports on the life habits, capture and keeping in terraria of several lizards of Soviet Transcaucasia. In these respects the agamid Phrynocephalus helioscopus persi- cus and three species of the lacertid genus Eremias occuring in that area (i. e. strauchi, velox, pleskei) are discussed. Finally a !ist of all lizard species and subspecies actually known to occur in this region is given.
Bischoff, W. (2003) -
In Georgia, 16 species of rock lizards of the Genus Darevskia are occuring (D. alpina, D. „armeniaca`, D. brauneri, D. caucasica, D. clarkorum, D. daghestanica, D. „dahli`, D. derjugini, D. mixta, D. nairensis, D. parvula, D. portschinskii, D. praticola, D. rudis, D. „unisexualis` and D. Valentini). Besides short presentations of the single species and hints on their distribution and habitats, also some systematic remarks are given.
Borkin, L.Ya. & Darevsky, I.S. (1987) -
Боркин Л.Я. & Даревский И.С. (1987) -
Doronin, I.V. (2013) -
New records of Darevskia alpina from the vicinities of Zemo Bachiani Village in South Ossetia are presented and discussed: D. brauneri from the place of the confluence of the Luhunistskale River into the Rion River in Georgia and vicinities of Ertso Lake in South Ossetia, D. pontica from the vicinities of Slavyansk-na-Kubani, Timashevsk, Novotitarovskaya Village, Poltavskaya Village and Burakovsky Village in Krasnodar Region, D. portschinskii nigrita from the vicinities of Kizilkilisa Village in Georgia, D. praticola from the vicinities of Tskhinval, Acrisheu Village, Malaya Gufta Village, Hetagurova Village and the southern slope of the Zonkar Ridge in South Ossetia. Information on an attempt to introduce D. pontica into the territory of Rostov-on-Don is provided.
И.В. Доронин (2013) -
Приводятся и обсуждаются новые находки Darevskia alpina из окрестностей с. Земо Бачиани Южной Осетии, D. brauneri из района впадения р. Лухунисцкале в р. Рион Грузии и окрестностей оз. Эрцо Южной Осетии, D. pontica из окрестностей г. Славянск-на-Кубани, г. Тимашевск, ст-цы Новотитаровская, ст-цы Полтавская и хут. Бураковский Краснодарского края, D. portschinskii nigrita из окрестностей c. Кизилкилиса Грузии, D. praticola из окрестностей г. Цхинвал, с. Ацрисхеу, с. Малая Гуфта, с. Хетагурова и южного склона Зонкарского хребта Южной Осетии. Приводятся данные о попытке интродукции D. pontica на территорию г. Ростов-на-Дону.
Ryskov, A.P. & Martirosyan, I.A. & Vergun, A.A. & Malysheva, D.N. & Badaeva, T.N. & Tokarskaya, O.N. & Vassetzky, N.S. & Korchagin, V.I. (2009) -
Experimental data on the molecular structure and variability of microsatellite loci in unisexual and bisexual lizard species of the genus Darevskia were analyzed. The allelic variants of Du281 and Du47 were found to differ in the number of monomers, the structure of microsatellite clusters, and point mutations in these clusters and flanking DNA. Interspecific comparison of alleles of these loci revealed both variable regions in the microsatellite clusters and allele-specific evolutionarily conserved nucleotide groups. In general, the results of comparative structural analysis of allelic variants testify to a high genetic similarity of the unisexual and bisexual lizard species studied and reveals the characteristic features of their interspecies variability.