Coastal mountains regions of Ajaria and of neighbouring part of northeastern Türkiye. 

Subspecies:

Darevskia derjugini barani  (BISCHOFF, 1982)

Types:

Holotype: MTD (originally: MM = Museum Magdeburg); Paratypes: ZFMK, MM, SZE and CAS

Terra Typica:

Botanical Garden of Batumi, Georga.


Relevant taxonomic literature:

  • Bischoff, W. (1982) -  Zur Kenntnis der innerartlichen Gliederung der Artwiner Eidechse Lacerta derjugini. -  Zoologische Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde in Dresden, 1-52.  

  • 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.    

  • Bischoff, W. (2003) -  Die Eidechsenfauna Georgiens. Teil II. Die Gattung Darevskia. -  Die Eidechse, Bonn, 14 (3): 65-93.