Darevskia spitzenbergerae ( Eiselt, Darevsky & Schmidtler, 1992 ) Arribas & Candan & Kornilios & Ayaz & Kumlutaş & Gül & Yilmaz & Caynak & Ilgaz, 2022

Arribas, Oscar, Candan, Kamil, Kornilios, Panagiotis, Ayaz, Dinçer, Kumlutaş, Yusuf, Gül, Serkan, Yilmaz, Can, Caynak, Elif Yildirim & Ilgaz, Çetin, 2022, Revising the taxonomy of Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892) and Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886) (Squamata, Lacertidae): a Morpho-Phylogenetic integrated study in a complex Anatolian scenario, Zootaxa 5224 (1), pp. 1-68 : 23

Darevskia spitzenbergerae ( Eiselt, Darevsky & Schmidtler, 1992) stat. nov.

( Fig. 12g ). Type Locality: Mergan Plateau , Cilo Mountain, Hakkari, Turkey .

Distribution: It is known from only two locations: Mergan Plateau, Hakkari, Turkey and Narlıca Valley, Van, Turkey (this study).

Comments: It includes one of the subspecies of D. valentini previously described and a population from Narlıca Valley (called the New Clade A in Candan et al. 2021). Since they are morphologically distinct and D. s. spitzenbergerae s tat. et comb. nov. is so singular in pattern, we think it may be subspecifically different.

Clade A is described as subspecies of Darevskia spitzenbergerae s tat. nov.

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FIGURE 12. a) Darevskia spitzenbergerae wernermayeri ssp. nov. (Paratype; nº 12, Male; Başeğmez Village, Çaldıran, Turkey); b) Darevskia mirabilis stat. nov. (Paratype; nº 5, Female; Ovit Pass, Kaçkar Mountains, Rize, Turkey); c) Darevskia rudis bolkardaghica (Paratype; nº 1, Male; Karagöl, Ulukışla, Niğde, Central Anatolia, Turkey); d) Darevskia rudis lantzicyreni comb. nov. (nº 23, male; Kümbet Village, Zara, Turkey); e) Darevskia josefschmidtleri sp. nov. (Paratype; nº 20, Male; Yukarınarlıca Village, Çatak, Van, Turkey); f) Darevskia valentini (nº 9, Male; Tepeler Village, Ardahan, Turkey) and temporal area of an Armenian specimen (Karvansaray, Martuni District, Armenia); g) Darevskia spitzenbergerae spitzenbergerae stat. et comb. nov. (nº 1, Male; Cilo Sat Mountains, Hakkari, Turkey)- Also, temporal area of other specimen from the same locality. The new nomenclature proposed in the text is used.