Annotated list of amphibian and reptile taxa described by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky (1924 - 2009) Author Barabanov, Andrei V. Author Doronin, Igor V. text Zootaxa 2020 2020-06-25 4803 1 152 168 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.8 1175-5326 3908094 F722FC45-D748-4128-942C-76BD53AE9BAF 34. Lacerta dryada DAREVSKY et TUNIYEV (1997: 1) Holotype : CNR 1103 (7), now in SNP, adult male, “ Western Georgia , Adzharistan , Khelvachaury district , gorge of Charnali River ”. Etymology: The species is named after the mythological creature inhabiting trees associated with the Tertiary-relict forests of southern Colchis and having a pronounced arboreal mode of life. Present name: Darevskia dryada ( Darevsky et Tuniyev, 1997 ) fide Ananjeva et al. (2006) . Remark: Schmidtler et al. (2002) treated this name as a junior synonym of Darevskia clarkorum ( Darevsky et Vedmederja, 1977 ) . Additional research is required for the clarification of this problem.