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Darevskia rostombekowi (Darevsky, 1957)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Darevskia rostombekowi (Darevsky, 1957)
Name authority
(Darevsky, 1957)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Reptilia
Order
Squamata
Family
Lacertidae
Genus
Darevskia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumOsteichthyes
  7. megaclassTetrapoda
  8. classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
  9. orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
  10. suborderAutarchoglossa
  11. familyLacertidae
  12. genusDarevskia
  13. speciesDarevskia rostombekowi (Darevsky, 1957)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Darevskia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Darevskia alpina (Darevsky, 1967)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia bendimahiensis (Schmidtler, Eiselt & Darevsky, 1994)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia clarkorum (Darevsky & Vedmederja, 1977)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Elburs LizardDarevskia defilippii (Camerano, 1877)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia kamii Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Mozaffari, Böhme, Harris, Freitas & Rödder, 2013LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia kopetdaghica Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Mozaffari, Böhme, Harris, Freitas & Rödder, 2013LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia portschinskii (Kessler, 1878)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia schaekeli Ahmadzadeh, Flecks, Carretero, Mozaffari, Böhme, Harris, Freitas & Rödder, 2013LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia uzzelli (Darevsky & Danielyan, 1977)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Caucasian Rock LizardDarevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892)LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia aghasyani Tuniyev & Petrova, 2019LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Darevskia josefschmidtleri Arribas, Candan, Kornilios, Ayaz, Kumlutaş, Gül, Yilmaz, Caynak & Ilgaz, 2022LacertidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Lacerta rostombekovi Darevsky, 1957 Darevsky, 1957synonym
Lacerta saxicola rostombekowi Darevsky, 1957 Darevsky, 1957synonym

Documented distribution

Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.

N Armenia, W Azerbaijan

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Darevskia&species=rostombekowi Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:34639. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.