Darevskia praticola (Eversmann, 1834)

TYPE. ZIL, collection number unknown (Uetz 2013); Holotype SNP No. 1473 (5) (D. p. hyrcanica).

TYPE LOCALITY. Nardzana [= Kislowodsk, S Russia fide Tuniyev et al. (2011)] .

DISTRIBUTION. A species with a disjunct range. Darevskia p. pontica (Lantz & Cyrén) (regarded a full species by Tuniyev et al. (2011) and Sos et al. (2012)) occurs in the Balkans, the western part of the range. South Russia and W Transcaucasia are inhabited by the nominotypical subspecies. Populations from SE Azerbaijan and N Iran were assigned to a distinct subspecies, D. p. hyrcanica Tuniyev, Doronin, Kidov & Tuniyev, by Tuniyev et al. (2011).

DISTRIBUTION IN IRAN. Fig. 85. Confined to a relatively small region by the SW Caspian Sea (Ardabil and Gilan Prov.) .

HABITAT. Open places in forested areas (pastures and hayfields) close to water reservoirs and places with moist soil (Tuniyev et al. 2011).

REFERENCES. Anderson (1999); Arnold et al. (2007); Tuniyev et al. (2011).