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Darevskia clarkorum
Darevskia clarkorum
Darevskia valentini
Darevskia valentini
Darevskia derjugini
Darevskia derjugini
Lacerta media f
Lacerta media f
Darevskia mixta f
Darevskia mixta f
Lacerta strigata, male
Lacerta strigata, male
Darevskia brauneri, adult male
Darevskia brauneri, adult male
Darevskia praticola
Darevskia praticola
Ophisops elegans
Ophisops elegans
Darevskia parvula m
Darevskia parvula m
Darevskia parvula mating
Darevskia parvula mating
Darevskia armeniaca eggs
Darevskia armeniaca eggs
Eremias arguta
Eremias arguta
Phoenicolacerta laevis, male
Phoenicolacerta laevis, male

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Accepted name: Lacertidae Oppel, 1811
Common name: True Lizards
Georgian name: ნამდვილი ხვლიკები
Taxonomic rank: Family
Taxonomy according to: www.faunaeur.org
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This African-Eurasian family has ca 220 species that belong to 27 genera. Georgia has 23 (ore one-quarter) of species representing 4 genera, Lacerta, Darevskia, Eremias, and Ophysops (that contain altogether over 90 mostly Eurasian representatives). Georgia has 17 out of 22 (77%) species of mostly Caucasian genus of rock lizards Darevskia, including three parthenogenetic taxa.


Editor/Contact Person: David Tarkhnishvili
Contact address: david_tarkhnishvili@iliauni.edu.ge

View Lacertidae in Fauna Europaea
Citation: David Tarkhnishvili, 2017-08-16. [http://www.biodiversity-georgia.net/index.php?taxon=Lacertidae]. .Lacertidae. in: Tarkhnishvili D, Chaladze G (Editors). 2013. Georgian biodiversity database. http://www.biodiversity-georgia.net/. Downloaded on: 25 May 2019