Darevskia rostombekowi (Darevsky, 1957)

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 rostombekowi (Darevsky, 1957)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: catalogNumber: REPAMPHRU2018394 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018394; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Tavush Province; locality: Dilijan ; decimalLatitude: 40.733998; decimalLongitude: 44.81778; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-9; 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: REPAMPHRU2018395 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018395; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Tavush Province; locality: Road to Dilijan - Hagarcin ; decimalLatitude: 40.76671; decimalLongitude: 44.919407; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-9; 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: REPAMPHRU2018399 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 2; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018399; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Tavush Province; locality: Haghartsin Monastery ; decimalLatitude: 40.801931; decimalLongitude: 44.890573; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-9; 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: REPAMPHRU2018404 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2018404; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Gegharkunik Province; locality: Tsovak ; decimalLatitude: 40.185681; decimalLongitude: 45.623972; 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: REPAMPHRU2019433 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019433; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Tavush Province; locality: Serpentine from Ijevan ; decimalLatitude: 40.868307; decimalLongitude: 45.187475; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-7-22; 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: REPAMPHRU2019435 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019435; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Tavush Province; locality: Forest area near Acharkut ; decimalLatitude: 41.026279; decimalLongitude: 45.052574; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-7-23; 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: REPAMPHRU2019439 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 4; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019439; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Lori Province; locality: Fioletova ; decimalLatitude: 40.715555; decimalLongitude: 44.77062; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-7-24; 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: REPAMPHRU2019446 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 3; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019446; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Tavush Province; locality: Dilidjan forest ; decimalLatitude: 40.757211666667; decimalLongitude: 44.804148333333; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-7-22; 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: REPAMPHRU2019457 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 2; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019457; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Tavush Province; locality: Goshavank monastery ; decimalLatitude: 40.729851666667; decimalLongitude: 44.99711; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2018-7-21; 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: REPAMPHRU2019480 ; recordedBy: Osipov F.A.; individualCount: 1; sex: fmale; lifeStage: adult; occurrenceID: urn:IEERASBIOINF:REPAMPHRU2019480; Taxon: scientificName: Darevskiarostombekowi; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Chordata; class: Reptilia; order: Squamata; family: Lacertidae; genus: Darevskia; scientificNameAuthorship: Darevsky, 1957; Location: country: Armenia; stateProvince: Lori Province; locality: Spitak ; decimalLatitude: 40.8249; decimalLongitude: 44.2775; geodeticDatum: WGS1984; georeferenceProtocol: GPS; Identification: identifiedBy: Arakelyan M.S.; Event: samplingProtocol: Captured by noose; eventDate: 2019-6-20; 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

The parthenogenetic lizard D. rostombekowi has a hybrid origin ( Darevsky 1967, Uzzell and Darevsky 1975). The "maternal" species for D. rostombekowi is D. r. raddei and "paternal" is D. portschinskii ( Darevsky 1967, Uzzell and Darevsky 1975, Murphy et al. 2000, Ryskov et al. 2017). The identification of Darevskia rostombekowi in SZs was undertaken in different years using allozyme loci, mt-DNA, multilocus DNA fingerprinting, mini- and micro-satellite markers and morphological features ( Darevsky 1967, Uzzell and Darevsky 1975, Macculloch et al. 1997, Fu et al. 2000a, Murphy et al. 2000, Martirosian et al. 2002, Petrosyan et al. 2003, Arakelyan et al. 2011, Ryskov et al. 2017). In the field, D. rostombekowi was identified using species identification guides according to Darevsky ( Darevsky 1967) (Fig. 5 ), since it has previously been shown that identification, based on visual observation, did not cause confusion between the species ( Martirosian et al. 2002, Petrosyan et al. 2003, Arakelyan et al. 2011, Ryskov et al. 2017). We captured and identified 17 individuals in 10 SZs. All individuals were found to be females, determined by visual inspection of the genitals.

Darevskia rostombekowi has a relatively small range, consisting of several different isolated areas within northern Armenia, north-western Azerbaijan, the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh and a small alpine relict isolated area from the main range on the south-eastern coast of Lake Sevan ( Macculloch et al. 1997, Arakelyan et al. 2011). Darevskia rostombekowi has at least two SZs with both parental species D. portschinskii and D. r. raddei in the two north-western provinces of Tavush and Lori in Armenia. The number of SZs, where there was co-existence with other parthenogenetic forms of D. armeniaca , D. dahli and D. unisexualis , are four, three and two, respectively. In general, SZs with other species of the genus Darevskia located in the forest zone, mountain meadows, mountain steppes and anthropogenic transformed habitats, were identified within the range of the species.

Figures

Figure 5. Distinguishing characters of D. rostombekowi. A. The central temporal shield is large, often divided into two; from the first upper temporal shield in the narrowest place, it is separated by 1 - 3 and, from the tympanum, by 2 - 4 transverse rows of enlarged shields (indicated by arrow); B. The anal shield is large, in front of it are symmetrically located four small and approximately equal in size pre-anal shields, the middle of which can be slightly increased (indicated by arrow). Photos by M. Arakelyan.