Lacerta valentini spitzenbergerae

Barabanov, Andrei V. & Doronin, Igor V., 2020, Annotated list of amphibian and reptile taxa described by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky (1924 - 2009), Zootaxa 4803 (1), pp. 152-168 : 160

49. Lacerta valentini spitzenbergerae EISELT, DAREVSKY et SCHMIDTLER (1992: 13)

Holotype: NMW 32224, male, “ Cilo-Sat Gebirge , Vil. Hakkari, südöstlichste Türkei, 2500 m, “nordwestlich der Gipfelregion, oberhalb der Mergan-Zoma (= Mergan Alm)””.

Etymology: Named after Friederike Spitzenberger (b. 1939), Austrian zoologist, collector of the type series.

Present name: Darevskia valentini spitzenbergerae ( Eiselt, Darevsky et Schmidtler, 1992) fide Ananjeva et al. (2006).