Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892)

Petrosyan, Varos G, Osipov, Fedor A, Bobrov, Vladimir V, Dergunova, Natalia N, Kropachev, Ivan I, Danielyan, Felix D & Arakelyan, Marine S, 2020, New records and geographic distribution of the sympatric zones of unisexual and bisexual rock lizards of the genus Darevskia in Armenia and adjacent territories, Biodiversity Data Journal 8, pp. 56030-56030 : 56030

Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2018388 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 2; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018388; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Gegharkunik Province; locality: Lchashen, Sevan lake ; decimalLatitude: 40.510698; decimalLongitude: 44.935422; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-8; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2018406 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 3; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018406; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Gegharkunik Province; locality: Karabakh-Sotk road ; decimalLatitude: 40.223085; decimalLongitude: 46.00103; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-10; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2018409 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018409; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Aragatsotn Province; locality: Kuchak ; decimalLatitude: 40.528691; decimalLongitude: 44.388427; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-11; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2018412 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 2; sex: male; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018412; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Shirak Province; locality: Mets Sepasar ; decimalLatitude: 41.030369; decimalLongitude: 43.820932; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-15; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2019443 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019443; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Kotayk Province; locality: Tezh ; decimalLatitude: 40.6545833333; decimalLongitude: 44.5810166667; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-11; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2019447 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019447; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Georgia; stateProvince: Samtskhe-javakheti oblast; locality: Khanchkali lake (Zhdanovkani) ; decimalLatitude: 41.161321666667; decimalLongitude: 43.794278333333; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-7-26; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2019449 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019449; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Georgia; stateProvince: Samtskhe-Javakheti oblast; locality: Khanchali lake ; decimalLatitude: 41.481283333333; decimalLongitude: 43.2802; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-7-26; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2019464 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019464; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Kotayk Province; locality: Artavazd ; decimalLatitude: 40.620316666667; decimalLongitude: 44.56305; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-14; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2019465 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019465; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiavalentini; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Boettger, 1892; Location: country: Georgia; stateProvince: Samtskhe-javakheti oblast; locality: Akhalkalaki (Rio Kirkh-Bulakhi) ; decimalLatitude: 41.393743333333; decimalLongitude: 43.469711666667; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-7-26; Record Level: language: en; rights: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; rightsHolder: Petrosyan V.G.; accessRights: http://vertnet.org/resources/norms.html; institutionCode: IEERASBIOINF; collectionCode: REPAMPHRU; basisOfRecord: HumanObservation

Notes

Darevskia valentini is a bisexual “paternal” species for two parthenogenetic D. armeniaca and D. unisexualis species ( Darevsky 1967, Murphy et al. 2000). Species identification in SZs was undertaken by authors at different times using allozyme loci, multilocus DNA fingerprinting, mini- and micro-satellite markers and morphological features ( Darevsky 1967, Uzzell and Darevsky 1975, Moritz et al. 1992, Danielyan et al. 2008, Arakelyan et al. 2011, Carretero et al. 2018). In the field, D. valentini identification was made using guides according to Darevsky ( Darevsky 1967), (Fig. 9 ). In all nine SZs, 13 individuals were captured, including 11 adult females and two males.

The range of D. valentini is divided into several rather vast, but isolated areas, including mountain meadows and mountain steppes of Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, southern Georgia and eastern Turkey ( Petrosyan et al. 2019a, Petrosyan et al. 2019b). The most extensive areas for its presence cover the mountainous zone of the Geghama Range, which extends to Lake Sevan, in the mountainous region of Aragats, north-western Armenia and the surrounding areas of southern Georgia. During the field survey in 2018-2019, eight SZs were identified with the "daughter" species D. armeniaca and two zones with D. unisexualis . Hybrid individuals were found in three zones (Lchashen, Kuchak and Tezh), which were previously mentioned in literature ( Danielyan et al. 2008, Carretero et al. 2018). The SZs were located on stone bridges along highways, on large stones and clay rocks in the mountain-steppe, mountain meadow subalpine zone of the northern and eastern parts of Armenia, in southern Georgia and on the border with Nagorno-Karabakh.

Figures

Figure 9. Distinguishing characters of D. valentini (male individual on the photographs). A. Group of small scales between the central temporal and tympanum shields (indicated by arrow); B. Single or sometimes double enlarged pre-anal scale (indicated by arrow). Photos by M. Arakelyan and F. Danielyan.