Darevskia dahli is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is native to Eastern Europe and Western Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, dahli, is in honor of Russian zoologist .
Geographic range
D. dahli is found in Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine.
Habitat
The preferred natural habitats of D. dahli are forest and rocky areas, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
D. dahli is oviparous and parthenogenetic. An adult female may lay a clutch of 2âÂÂ5 eggs.
References
Further reading
- Darevsky IS (1957). "[Systematics and ecology of rock lizards, Lacerta saxicola Eversmann, in Armenia]". Zoologicheskii Sbornik, Akademiya Nauk Armyanskoi SSR 10: 27âÂÂ57. (Lacerta saxicola dahli, new subspecies, p. 32). (in Russian with an abstract in Armenian).
- Darevsky IS (1966). "Natural Parthenogenesis in a Polymorphic Group of Caucasian Rock Lizards Related to Lacerta saxicola Eversmann". Journal of the Ohio Herpetological Society 5 (4): 115âÂÂ152. (Lacerta dahli, new taxonomic status, p. 127).