Lacerta caucasica alpina

Barabanov, Andrei V. & Doronin, Igor V., 2020, Annotated list of amphibian and reptile taxa described by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky (1924 - 2009), Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 152-168 : 158

31. Lacerta caucasica alpina DAREVSKY (1967: 36, 118)

Holotype: ZISP 17942 , male, “vicinity of Terskol Village, Kabardino-Balkaria, 2200 m above sea level ” [vicinity of Terskol Village , Elbrussky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia, 43°15 ìN 42°30 ìE].

Etymology: Named after the Latin adjuective “ alpinus ” for “ high elevation ”, “ highland ” in reference to the species high altitude distribution.

Present name: Darevskia alpina (Darevsky, 1967) fide Doronin (2014).