Darevskia rostombekowi is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Transcaucasia.
Etymology
The specific name, rostombekowi, is in honor of Georgian biologist V. N. Rostombekov.
Geographic range
D. rostombekowi is found in Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Habitat
The preferred habitats of D. rostombekowi are rocky areas and shrubland, at altitudes of .
Reproduction
D. rostombekowi is oviparous and parthenogenetic.
References
Further reading
- Darevsky IS (1957). "áÃÂáâÃÂÃÂÃÂâÃÂÃÂààÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂï áÃÂÃÂÃÂêÃÂêÃÂÃÂ¥ ïéÃÂàÃÂæ LACERTA SAXICOLA EVERSMANN, àÃÂáÃÂàÃÂáâàÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂêÃÂÃÂ¥ àÃÂàÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂà[=Systematics and ecology of rock lizards, Lacerta saxicola Eversmann, in Armenia]". [Zoologicheskii Sbornik, Akademiya Nauk Armyanskoi SSR ] 10: 27-57. (Lacerta saxicola rostombekowi, new subspecies, p. 35). (in Russian, with an abstract in Armenian).
- Sindaco R, JeremÃÂenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. .