Northeastern Serbia, southern Romania, Greece, Eastern and Western Bulgaria, Türkiye, NW Georgia and southwestern Russia (western Caucasus). 

Species:

Darevskia pontica  (LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1918)

Synonyms:

Lacerta praticola pontica   LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1918

Lacerta praticola pontica   LANTZ & CYRÉN, 1919

Lacerta praticola hungarica   SOBOLEVSKY, 1930

Lacerta plicata   BARTENEF & REZNIKOVA, 1931

Common names:

Pontic lizard (English)
Понтийская ящерица (Russian)

Types:

Lectotype: ZISP 22853 (Fig. 11 in TUNIYEV et al. 2011); paralectotypes – ZISP 5279, 5280, 22847, 22852.1-2, 22854

Terra Typica:

Town Gagry (now Republic of Georgia, on the Black Sea coast)


Taxonomic notes:

The taxonomic status of Lacerta praticola hungarica SOBOLEVSKY, 1930 is not clear.
Either it is a subspecies of Darevskia pontica or a separate species.

Igor Doronin


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Lantz, L.A. & Cyrén, O. (1918) -  Note sur Lacerta praticola Eversm. -  Proceedings of the Caucasian Museum, 11 (3–4): 192–195.  

  • Ryabinina, N.L. & Bannikova, A.A. & Kosushkin , S.A. & Ciobanu, D.G. & Milto, D.A. & Tuniyev, B.S. Orlova, V.F. & Grechko, V.V. & Darevsky, I.S. (2002) -  Estimation of the subspecies level of differentiation in Caucasian lizards of the genus Darevskia (syn. Lacerta saxicola complex, Lacertidae, Sauria) using genome DNA markers. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Moscow, 9 (3): 185–194.    

  • Tuniyev, S.B. & Doronin, I.A. & Kidov, A.A. & Tuniyev, B.S. (2011) -  Systematic and geographical variability of meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Reptilia: Sauria) in the Caucasus. -  Russian Journal of Herpetology, Moscow, 18 (4): 295-316.