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It is known from the southern parts of
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Distinctiveness of it already mentioned in other previous genetic studies (
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Rato
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2021
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Candan
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), and whose isolated presence in the Kaçkar mountains, without contact with other forms, has made its classification oscillate between
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:
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FBD14B4117CEFDE2" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[1149,1272,582,608]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura" status="stat. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FBD14B4117CEFDE2" box="[1149,1272,582,608]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FB534B40165FFDE2" bold="true" box="[1279,1385,582,608]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26D57CF4246FE76FB534B40165FFDE2" box="[1279,1385,582,608]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">stat. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(see below).
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FF584B6C129EFD06" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[244,424,618,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF584B6C129EFD06" box="[244,424,618,644]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Darevskia rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
would have as subspecies
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FD764B6C167AFD06" authority="(Darevsky &amp; Eiselt, 1967)" baseAuthorityName="Darevsky &amp; Eiselt" baseAuthorityYear="1967" box="[730,1356,618,644]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="rudis" subSpecies="lantzicyreni">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FD764B6C172FFD06" box="[730,1049,618,644]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Darevskia rudis lantzicyreni</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FB854B6C1675FD06" author="Darevsky, I. S. &amp; Eiselt, J." box="[1065,1347,618,644]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="107" refId="ref25467" refString="Darevsky, I. S. &amp; Eiselt, J. (1967) Ein neuer Name fur Lacerta saxicola mehelyi Lantz &amp; Cyren 1936. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 70, 107." type="journal article" year="1967">Darevsky &amp; Eiselt, 1967</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FAF84B6C1274FD2A" bold="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
comb. nov. (
<figureCitation id="13112A234246FE76FF7B4B88120CFD2A" box="[215,314,654,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="22.[152,255,955,979]" captionTargetBox="[151,1413,392,928]" captionTargetId="figure-129@22.[151,1435,381,931]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 12. a) Darevskia spitzenbergerae wernermayeri ssp. nov. (Paratype; nº 12, Male; Başeğmez Village, Çaldıran, Turkey); b) Darevskia mirabilis stat. nov. (Paratype; nº 5, Female; Ovit Pass, Kaçkar Mountains, Rize, Turkey); c) Darevskia rudis bolkardaghica (Paratype; nº 1, Male; Karagöl, Ulukışla, Niğde, Central Anatolia, Turkey); d) Darevskia rudis lantzicyreni comb. nov. (nº 23, male; Kümbet Village, Zara, Turkey); e) Darevskia josefschmidtleri sp. nov. (Paratype; nº 20, Male; Yukarınarlıca Village, Çatak, Van, Turkey); f) Darevskia valentini (nº 9, Male; Tepeler Village, Ardahan, Turkey) and temporal area of an Armenian specimen (Karvansaray, Martuni District, Armenia); g) Darevskia spitzenbergerae spitzenbergerae stat. et comb. nov. (nº 1, Male; Cilo Sat Mountains, Hakkari, Turkey)- Also, temporal area of other specimen from the same locality. The new nomenclature proposed in the text is used." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7517939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7517939/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Fig. 12d</figureCitation>
)
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FED54B891165FD2A" authorityName="Arribas, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Durmus, Avci &amp; Uzum" authorityYear="2013" box="[377,595,654,680]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="rudis" subSpecies="bolkardaghica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FED54B891165FD2A" box="[377,595,654,680]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FDF64B8811E7FD2A" bold="true" box="[602,721,654,680]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
(
<figureCitation id="13112A234246FE76FDCE4B8811F5FD2A" box="[610,707,654,680]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="22.[152,255,955,979]" captionTargetBox="[151,1413,392,928]" captionTargetId="figure-129@22.[151,1435,381,931]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 12. a) Darevskia spitzenbergerae wernermayeri ssp. nov. (Paratype; nº 12, Male; Başeğmez Village, Çaldıran, Turkey); b) Darevskia mirabilis stat. nov. (Paratype; nº 5, Female; Ovit Pass, Kaçkar Mountains, Rize, Turkey); c) Darevskia rudis bolkardaghica (Paratype; nº 1, Male; Karagöl, Ulukışla, Niğde, Central Anatolia, Turkey); d) Darevskia rudis lantzicyreni comb. nov. (nº 23, male; Kümbet Village, Zara, Turkey); e) Darevskia josefschmidtleri sp. nov. (Paratype; nº 20, Male; Yukarınarlıca Village, Çatak, Van, Turkey); f) Darevskia valentini (nº 9, Male; Tepeler Village, Ardahan, Turkey) and temporal area of an Armenian specimen (Karvansaray, Martuni District, Armenia); g) Darevskia spitzenbergerae spitzenbergerae stat. et comb. nov. (nº 1, Male; Cilo Sat Mountains, Hakkari, Turkey)- Also, temporal area of other specimen from the same locality. The new nomenclature proposed in the text is used." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7517939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7517939/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Fig. 12c</figureCitation>
).
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64246FE76FF6B4BB41671FD72" blockId="24.[151,1437,366,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FF6B4BB41291FD4E" baseAuthorityName="Mehely" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[199,423,690,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bithynica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF6B4BB41291FD4E" box="[199,423,690,716]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Darevskia bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, together with
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FDE14BB41016FD4E" box="[589,800,690,716]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FDE14BB41189FD4E" authorityName="Arribas" authorityYear="1999" box="[589,703,690,716]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Darevskia</taxonomicName>
b. tristis
</emphasis>
, perhaps paraphyletic and harboring more than one taxon within, or perhaps the results (paraphyly) are due to an ancient introgression that obscures its homogeneity.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64246FE76FF6B4BFC10BAFCBB" blockId="24.[151,1437,366,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FF6B4BFC129EFC96" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[199,424,762,788]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF6B4BFC129EFC96" box="[199,424,762,788]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Darevskia valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(s. str.)
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FDB84BFC11B1FC96" bold="true" box="[532,647,762,788]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
(
<figureCitation id="13112A234246FE76FDB04BFC1148FC96" box="[540,638,762,788]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="22.[152,255,955,979]" captionTargetBox="[151,1413,392,928]" captionTargetId="figure-129@22.[151,1435,381,931]" captionTargetPageId="22" captionText="FIGURE 12. a) Darevskia spitzenbergerae wernermayeri ssp. nov. (Paratype; nº 12, Male; Başeğmez Village, Çaldıran, Turkey); b) Darevskia mirabilis stat. nov. (Paratype; nº 5, Female; Ovit Pass, Kaçkar Mountains, Rize, Turkey); c) Darevskia rudis bolkardaghica (Paratype; nº 1, Male; Karagöl, Ulukışla, Niğde, Central Anatolia, Turkey); d) Darevskia rudis lantzicyreni comb. nov. (nº 23, male; Kümbet Village, Zara, Turkey); e) Darevskia josefschmidtleri sp. nov. (Paratype; nº 20, Male; Yukarınarlıca Village, Çatak, Van, Turkey); f) Darevskia valentini (nº 9, Male; Tepeler Village, Ardahan, Turkey) and temporal area of an Armenian specimen (Karvansaray, Martuni District, Armenia); g) Darevskia spitzenbergerae spitzenbergerae stat. et comb. nov. (nº 1, Male; Cilo Sat Mountains, Hakkari, Turkey)- Also, temporal area of other specimen from the same locality. The new nomenclature proposed in the text is used." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7517939" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7517939/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Fig. 12f</figureCitation>
)
</emphasis>
, monotypical, without any of its former subspecies (
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FAAF4BFC164EFC96" box="[1283,1400,762,788]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">latzicyreni</emphasis>
or
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FF3B4A18127FFCBA" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[151,329,798,824]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF3B4A18127FFCBA" box="[151,329,798,824]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) that belong to other species or are taxa on its own.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64246FE76FF6B4A4411F4FC6E" blockId="24.[151,1437,366,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FF6B4A4411AAFCDE" authority="(Lantz &amp; Cyren, 1936)" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[199,668,834,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura" status="stat. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF6B4A4412AFFCDE" box="[199,409,834,860]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Darevskia obscura</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FE0B4A4411A5FCDE" author="Lantz, L. A. &amp; Cyren, O." box="[423,659,834,860]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="159 - 181" refId="ref27525" refString="Lantz, L. A. &amp; Cyren, O. (1936) Description of Darevskia bithynica tristis. In: Contribution a la connaissance de Lacerta saxicola Eversmann. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, Paris, 61, pp. 159 - 181." type="journal article" year="1936">Lantz &amp; Cyrén, 1936</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FD0D4A44103DFCDE" bold="true" box="[673,779,834,860]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26D57CF4246FE76FD0D4A44103DFCDE" box="[673,779,834,860]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">stat. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, including
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FC2B4A45175EFCDE" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Bohme &amp; Budak" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[903,1128,834,860]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="obscura" status="comb. nov." subSpecies="bischoffi">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FC2B4A45175EFCDE" box="[903,1128,834,860]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. obscura bischoffi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FBC24A4417DBFCDE" bold="true" box="[1134,1261,834,860]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26D57CF4246FE76FBC24A4417DBFCDE" box="[1134,1261,834,860]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">comb. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FA8D4A451270FC02" baseAuthorityName="Darevsky" baseAuthorityYear="1977" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="obscura" subSpecies="macromaculata">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FA8D4A451270FC02" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. obscura macromaculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FEE04A6012E7FC02" bold="true" box="[332,465,870,896]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">comb. nov..</emphasis>
The latter seems to be identical in the different analyses done and could be synonymous with
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FF7D4A8C121DFC26" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[209,299,906,932]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF7D4A8C121DFC26" box="[209,299,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26D57CF4246FE76FE9F4A8D1258FC27" box="[307,366,907,933]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" sensu="stricto">s. str.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(almost the Turkish populations). Must be mentioned that
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FBAB4A8D17B2FC26" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[1031,1156,906,932]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FBAB4A8D17B2FC26" box="[1031,1156,906,932]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has been postulated as a species on its own by other authors (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FD814AA81026FC4A" author="Gabelaia, M. &amp; Tarkhnishvili, D. &amp; Adriaens, D." box="[557,784,942,968]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="709 - 717" refId="ref26376" refString="Gabelaia, M., Tarkhnishvili, D. &amp; Adriaens, D. (2018) Use of three-dimensional geometric morphometrics for the identification of closely related species of Caucasian rock lizards (Lacertidae: Darevskia). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125, 709 - 717. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / biolinnean / bly 143" type="journal article" year="2018">
Gabelaia
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FD354AA911E7FC4A" box="[665,721,942,968]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2018
</bibRefCitation>
by geometric morphometrics;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FBD04AA816AAFC4A" author="Tarkhnishvili, D. &amp; Gabelaia, M. &amp; Adriaens, D." box="[1148,1436,942,968]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="142 - 155" refId="ref28961" refString="Tarkhnishvili, D., Gabelaia, M. &amp; Adriaens, D. (2020 b) Phenotypic divergence, convergence and evolution of Caucasian rock lizards (Darevskia). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 130, 142 - 155. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / biolinnean / blaa 021" type="journal article" year="2020">
Tarkhnishvili
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FAB44AA91666FC4A" box="[1304,1360,942,968]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2020b
</bibRefCitation>
- by head shape morphometrics-;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FDA34AD41180FC6E" author="Gabelaia, M." box="[527,694,978,1004]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" refId="ref26441" refString="Gabelaia, M. (2019) Phylogeny and morphological variation in the rock lizards of the genus Darevskia. Thesis, Ilia State University and Ghent University, Tbilisi, 121 pp." type="book" year="2019">Gabelaia 2019</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64246FE76FF6B4AF11249FBDA" blockId="24.[151,1437,366,1112]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
It remains to clarify the status of the two forms of the Greater Caucasus (
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FC5B4AF1179BFB92" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt &amp; Darevsky" baseAuthorityYear="1991" box="[1015,1197,1014,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" subSpecies="chechenica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FC5B4AF1179BFB92" box="[1015,1197,1014,1040]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. r. chechenica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FB464AF116BDFB92" box="[1258,1419,1015,1040]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" subSpecies="svanetica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FB464AF116BDFB92" box="[1258,1419,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. r. svanetica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
): independent from the others or probably closer to
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FD714D1D106DFBB6" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[733,859,1050,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FD714D1D106DFBB6" box="[733,859,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but not to the true
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FBEB4D1D1790FBB6" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[1095,1190,1050,1076]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FBEB4D1D1790FBB6" box="[1095,1190,1050,1076]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. This point has to be confirmed, however.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64246FE76FF3B4D99127CFB3B" blockId="24.[151,330,1183,1209]" box="[151,330,1183,1209]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF3B4D99127CFB3B" bold="true" box="[151,330,1183,1209]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">DISCUSSION</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64246FE76FF3B4DE112C2FA83" blockId="24.[151,500,1255,1281]" box="[151,500,1255,1281]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF3B4DE112C2FA83" bold="true" box="[151,500,1255,1281]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Phylogenetic reconstruction</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64246FE76FF3B4C2911DDF8E7" blockId="24.[151,1437,1327,2038]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
The complex structure of the studied group,
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FD294C36103FFACB" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[645,777,1327,1353]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FD294C36103FFACB" box="[645,777,1327,1353]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254246FE76FCBB4C361044FACB" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[791,882,1327,1353]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FCBB4C361044FACB" box="[791,882,1327,1353]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and their relatives, has been recognized from the first studies to the present (
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;
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; Darevsky 1967; 1972;
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FF714C7112AAFA10" author="Eiselt, J. &amp; Darevsky, I. S. &amp; Schmidtler, J. F." box="[221,412,1399,1426]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="1 - 18" refId="ref25991" refString="Eiselt, J., Darevsky, I. S. &amp; Schmidtler, J. F. (1992) Untersuchungen an Felseneidechsen (Lacerta saxicola komplex) in der ostlichen Turkei, I. Lacerta valentini Boettger. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 93 (B), 1 - 18." type="journal article" year="1992">
Eiselt
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FE8F4C7E126DFA13" box="[291,347,1399,1425]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
1992
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FE0A4C71114FFA10" author="Arribas, O. &amp; Ilgaz, C. &amp; Kumlutas, Y. &amp; Durmus, S. H. &amp; Avci, A. &amp; Uzum, N." box="[422,633,1399,1426]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="401 - 428" refId="ref24602" refString="Arribas, O., Ilgaz, C., Kumlutas, Y., Durmus, S. H., Avci, A. &amp; Uzum, N. (2013) External morphology and osteology of Darevskia rudis (Bedriaga, 1886), with a taxonomic revision of the Pontic and Small-Caucasus populations (Squamata: Lacertidae). Zootaxa, 3626 (4), 401 - 428. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3626.4.1" type="journal article" year="2013">
Arribas
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FDAC4C7E110EFA13" box="[512,568,1399,1425]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FD284C7E100EFA10" author="Rato, C. &amp; Stratakis, M. &amp; Sousa-Guedes, D. &amp; Sillero, N. &amp; Corti, C. &amp; Freitas, S. &amp; Harris, D. J. &amp; Carretero, M. A." box="[644,824,1399,1426]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="193 - 209" refId="ref28042" refString="Rato, C., Stratakis, M., Sousa-Guedes, D., Sillero, N., Corti, C., Freitas, S., Harris, D. J. &amp; Carretero, M. A. (2021) The more you search, the more you find: Cryptic diversity and admixture within theAnatolian rock lizards (Squamata, Darevskia). Zoologica Scripta, 50 (2), 193 - 209. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / zsc. 12462" type="journal article" year="2021">
Rato
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FD134C7E11C1FA13" box="[703,759,1399,1425]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2021
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FCEF4C71172FFA10" author="Candan, K. &amp; Kornilios, P. &amp; Ayaz, D. &amp; Kumlutas, Y. &amp; Gul, S. &amp; Yildirim-Caynak, E. &amp; Ilgaz, C." box="[835,1049,1399,1426]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="665 - 681" refId="ref25168" refString="Candan, K., Kornilios, P., Ayaz, D., Kumlutas, Y., Gul, S., Yildirim-Caynak, E. &amp; Ilgaz, C. (2021) Cryptic genetic structure within Valentin's Lizard, Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892) (Squamata, Lacertidae), with implications for systematics and origins of parthenogenesis. Systematics and Biodiversity, 19 (7), 665 - 681. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 14772000.2021.1909171" type="journal article" year="2021">
Candan
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FC334C7E10E1FA13" box="[927,983,1399,1425]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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). This complexity has always been attractive to researchers who apply both kinds of markers, morphology and/or more recently genetics trying to solve it. Elaborated recent assessments using genetic markers point out that there are more lineages within the
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FA2D4CC613CFFA7F" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. valentini</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FEAD4CE2126BFA7F" box="[257,349,1507,1533]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. rudis</emphasis>
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complexes than the previously suspected (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FC964CE51727FA7C" author="Candan, K. &amp; Kornilios, P. &amp; Ayaz, D. &amp; Kumlutas, Y. &amp; Gul, S. &amp; Yildirim-Caynak, E. &amp; Ilgaz, C." box="[826,1041,1507,1534]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="665 - 681" refId="ref25168" refString="Candan, K., Kornilios, P., Ayaz, D., Kumlutas, Y., Gul, S., Yildirim-Caynak, E. &amp; Ilgaz, C. (2021) Cryptic genetic structure within Valentin's Lizard, Darevskia valentini (Boettger, 1892) (Squamata, Lacertidae), with implications for systematics and origins of parthenogenesis. Systematics and Biodiversity, 19 (7), 665 - 681. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 14772000.2021.1909171" type="journal article" year="2021">
Candan
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FC344CE210E6FA7F" box="[920,976,1507,1533]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2021
</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574246FE76FBB14CE217E5FA7C" author="Rato, C. &amp; Stratakis, M. &amp; Sousa-Guedes, D. &amp; Sillero, N. &amp; Corti, C. &amp; Freitas, S. &amp; Harris, D. J. &amp; Carretero, M. A." box="[1053,1235,1507,1534]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" pagination="193 - 209" refId="ref28042" refString="Rato, C., Stratakis, M., Sousa-Guedes, D., Sillero, N., Corti, C., Freitas, S., Harris, D. J. &amp; Carretero, M. A. (2021) The more you search, the more you find: Cryptic diversity and admixture within theAnatolian rock lizards (Squamata, Darevskia). Zoologica Scripta, 50 (2), 193 - 209. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / zsc. 12462" type="journal article" year="2021">
Rato
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FBF44CE217A6FA7F" box="[1112,1168,1507,1533]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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). In this study, we aimed to increase the knowledge of the status of the currently recognized genetic lineages by creating the largest datasets, including a remote subspecies not studied so far
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FC994F2A1714F9C7" box="[821,1058,1579,1605]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. v. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
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for the first time, to use in both morphological and molecular analyses to clarify the problem. Our phylogenetic results show the presence of several monophyletic clades that reveal themselves as different species (
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). Of these distinct clades, some had been well-documented for the first time in a recently published study (
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Candan
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FC684F9E10CDF933" box="[964,1019,1687,1713]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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), and the authors have accepted that
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FF674FBA1264F957" box="[203,338,1723,1749]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. valentini</emphasis>
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has more genetic lineages than previously suspected, two of which have been presented there as they should have to be described and named. However, two important shortcomings that we have tried to eliminate here prevented them from their taxonomic description: the lack of morphological study for diagnoses and the absence of samples of one of the up to now two unique subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FC6D4E2E1772F8C3" box="[961,1092,1831,1857]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44246FE76FBFF4E2E1608F8C3" box="[1107,1342,1831,1857]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">D. v. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), whose study was unavoidable to make taxonomic decisions.
</paragraph>
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As seen from the tree topology obtained here, genetically divergent lineages, clades A and B, were detected as monophyletic (
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). The occurrence of these two highly divergent monophyletic lineages is not only confirmed by the tree topology but also the species delimitation analyses revealed both clades as different species, which is one of the most important factors that paved the way for the here proposed taxonomic revision. Network analyses based on both genetic markers also supported this distinction. In
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FC24499110F0FF33" box="[904,966,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Cyt-b</emphasis>
, all clades were placed into their unique positions and they did not share any haplotypes (
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). In
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FCC449BD1087FF56" box="[872,945,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">MC1R</emphasis>
, which is a nuclear marker and has slower substitution rates, an agreement relatively with a more complex structure was showed. Clade A is represented by a single haplotype (Hap16), while clade B appears to have two haplotypes (Hap16 and Hap26) (
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). Although these results were suggested by
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Candan
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(2021)
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, a definite conclusion could not be made due to the absence of subspecies
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FE95484D111FFEE7" box="[313,553,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. v. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, a problem now solved. Considering sampling data used in our phylogenetic construction, clade A consists of both
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FDED48691018FE0B" box="[577,814,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. s. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
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from Mergan Plateau (
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locality of this relevant and geographically extreme subspecies) and
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FDC948951077FE2E" box="[613,833,403,428]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. s. wernermayeri</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FCE648951086FE2F" bold="true" box="[842,944,403,429]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">ssp. nov.</emphasis>
from Narlıca Valley as sister taxa (
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). Although the population located in Narlıca Valley (
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,
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) is morphologically included in
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FB7048B116AAFE53" box="[1244,1436,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
(
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Eiselt
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF4548DD1212FE77" box="[233,292,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
1992
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)
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, it is genetically more closely related to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FCEB48DD170EFE77" box="[839,1080,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. s. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than to the former. In addition to this, the populations, which were assimilated to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FD7A48F910A3FD9B" box="[726,917,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
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according to morphology (
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Eiselt
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FABF48F9167AFD9B" box="[1299,1356,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
1992
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), represent a completely different lineage (clade B) according to genetics. Such discordant patterns called cryptic speciation are often shown in the lizards (
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574247FE77FDD04B4110ADFDE3" author="Ahmadzadeh, F. &amp; Flecks, M. &amp; Carretero, M. A. &amp; Mozaffari, O. &amp; Bohme, W. &amp; Harris, D. J. &amp; Freitas, S. &amp; Rodder, D." box="[636,923,583,609]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="1 - 17" refId="ref24157" refString="Ahmadzadeh, F., Flecks, M., Carretero, M. A., Mozaffari, O., Bohme, W., Harris, D. J., Freitas, S. &amp; Rodder, D. (2013) Cryptic speciation patterns in Iranian Rock Lizards uncovered by integrative taxonomy. Plos One, 8 (12), 1 - 17. https: // doi. org / 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0080563" type="journal article" year="2013">
Ahmadzadeh
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FCB74B411060FDE3" box="[795,854,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2013
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574247FE77FC054B4117AAFDE3" author="Kornilios, P. &amp; Kumlutas, Y. &amp; Lymberakis, P. &amp; Ilgaz, C." box="[937,1180,583,609]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="364 - 381" refId="ref27267" refString="Kornilios, P., Kumlutas, Y., Lymberakis, P. &amp; Ilgaz, C. (2018) Cryptic diversity and molecular systematics of the Aegean Ophiomorus skinks (Reptilia: Squamata), with the description of a new species. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 56 (3), 364 - 381. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / jzs. 12205" type="journal article" year="2018">
Kornilios
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FBB14B41176EFDE3" box="[1053,1112,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2018
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574247FE77FB074B4116A1FDE3" author="Karakasi, D. &amp; Ilgaz, C. &amp; Kumlutas, Y. &amp; Candan, K. &amp; Guclu, O. &amp; Kankilic, T. &amp; Beser, N. &amp; Sindaco, R. &amp; Lymberakis, P. &amp; Poulakakis, N." box="[1195,1431,583,609]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="201 - 216" refId="ref26920" refString="Karakasi, D., Ilgaz, C., Kumlutas, Y., Candan, K., Guclu, O., Kankilic, T., Beser, N., Sindaco, R., Lymberakis, P. &amp; Poulakakis, N. (2021) More evidence of cryptic diversity in Anatololacerta species complex Arnold, Arribas and Carranza, 2007 (Squamata: Lacertidae) and re-evaluation of its current taxonomy. Amphibia-Reptilia, 42 (2), 201 - 216. https: // doi. org / 10.1163 / 15685381 - bja 10045" type="journal article" year="2021">
Karakasi
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FAB44B411665FDE3" box="[1304,1363,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2021
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;
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574247FE77FF3B4B6D1258FD07" author="Arribas, O. &amp; Candan, K. &amp; Kurnaz, M. &amp; Kumlutas, Y. &amp; Yildirim-Caynak, E. &amp; Ilgaz, C." box="[151,366,619,645]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="475 - 490" refId="ref24688" refString="Arribas, O., Candan, K., Kurnaz, M., Kumlutas, Y., Yildirim-Caynak, E. &amp; Ilgaz, C. (2022) A new cryptic species of the Darevskia parvula group from NE Anatolia (Squamata, Lacertidae). Organisms Diversity &amp; Evolution, 22, 475 - 490. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13127 - 022 - 00540 - 4" type="journal article" year="2022">
Arribas
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF5E4B6D121CFD07" box="[242,298,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2022
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).
</paragraph>
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Another major point is the status of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FDFD4B8911DDFD2B" box="[593,747,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. mirabilis</emphasis>
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(clade C). This subspecies was first described by
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Arribas
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FACA4B8916ABFD2B" box="[1382,1437,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
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from Ovit Pass, a very isolated geographic region in Kaçkar Mountains. Its phylogenetic position is obvious here and reveals that it should be a species as different as clades A and B (
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). The genetic difference of this taxon was demonstrated by two independent studies. Firstly,
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Rato
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FC834BFD1051FC97" box="[815,871,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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suggested that a clade, called Trabzon-Rize in their study, is genetically distinct and that it should be considered one of the four main lineages of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FB5A4A191667FCBB" box="[1270,1361,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. rudis</emphasis>
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. Since they did not distinguish any subspecies, they could not determine that this clade belongs to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FB394A451604FCDF" box="[1173,1330,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. mirabilis</emphasis>
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. The fact that the
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF5D4A61127BFC03" box="[241,333,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. rudis</emphasis>
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specimens used in their study share the same branch with a specimen we know for certain to be
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FA2D4A611224FC27" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. mirabilis</emphasis>
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, undoubtedly proves that this clade is a new taxon and the corresponding samples of
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Rato
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FABE4A8D167CFC27" box="[1298,1354,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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belong to it. Secondly,
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Candan
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FDAD4AA9110DFC4B" box="[513,571,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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has also mentioned that it has isolated genetic structure and that its distribution area may be wider than expected because a datum retrieved from GenBank (
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Tarkhnishvili
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FAB94AD5167BFC6F" box="[1301,1357,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2013
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), which is located around Sarıkamış (
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,
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), clustered with
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FCD44AF11723FB93" box="[888,1045,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. mirabilis</emphasis>
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in the same branch.
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Similar to
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Candan
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FE304D1D12E3FBB7" box="[412,469,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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, one of the interesting results obtained within
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FB984D1D178FFBB7" box="[1076,1209,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. valentini</emphasis>
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/
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FB6C4D1D162BFBB7" box="[1216,1309,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. rudis</emphasis>
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complexes is that the specimens belonging to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FD9C4D39119FFBDB" box="[560,681,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FD164D3910ADFBDB" box="[698,923,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FC754D3917ABFBDB" box="[985,1181,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
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, cluster together with overlapping. This unexpected pattern makes it difficult to engage the complexity of the group, which unables to apply the current nomenclature and difficulties understanding the main processes underlying genetic variation. Considering the genetic (
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) and morphological (see results section) evidence together, the most possible scenario seems to accept that
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FE2C4DC91108FB6B" box="[384,574,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
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is really a subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FCFB4DC91082FB6B" box="[855,948,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. rudis</emphasis>
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, not from
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FB864DC91799FB6B" box="[1066,1199,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. valentini</emphasis>
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. Thus, nominal form of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF144DF51209FA8F" box="[184,319,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. valentini</emphasis>
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is only limited to northeast
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(with areas of
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,
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and
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), while the distribution of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FE924C1112ACFAB3" box="[318,410,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. rudis</emphasis>
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sensu novo, extends from the northeastern Black Sea region to the inner
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and from there to the south up to the Bolkar Mountains.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64247FE77FF6B4C59114EF9D3" blockId="25.[151,1437,151,1617]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
Finally, the status of some former subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FD7B4C591004FAFB" box="[727,818,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. rudis</emphasis>
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also inevitably needs revision. The claim that a member of this group,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FE994C8512F1FA1F" box="[309,455,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. obscura</emphasis>
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, is different has been put forward in a previous study including phenotypic comparison (
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Gabelaia
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FEA14CA11271FA43" box="[269,327,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2018
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Tarkhnishvili
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FD994CA11159FA43" box="[565,623,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">et al.</emphasis>
2020b
</bibRefCitation>
). The phylogenetic results strongly support these morphological findings (clade G,
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). Above all,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FDEA4CCD11EAFA67" box="[582,732,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has a phylogenetic position quite closely related to other two former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF414CE9127AF98B" box="[237,332,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
subspecies:
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FE734CE9114AF98B" box="[479,636,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. bischoffi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254247FE77FD144CE91093F98B" baseAuthorityName="Darevsky" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[696,933,1519,1545]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="obscura" subSpecies="macromaculata">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FD144CE91093F98B" box="[696,933,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. r. macromaculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Considering all these results, it seems that accepting the first described form,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FDBB4F1511C3F9AF" box="[535,757,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. saxicola obscura</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFBB4B574247FE77FD574F1510D7F9AF" author="Lantz, L. A. &amp; Cyren, O." box="[763,993,1555,1581]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" pagination="159 - 181" refId="ref27525" refString="Lantz, L. A. &amp; Cyren, O. (1936) Description of Darevskia bithynica tristis. In: Contribution a la connaissance de Lacerta saxicola Eversmann. Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de France, Paris, 61, pp. 159 - 181." type="journal article" year="1936">Lantz &amp; Cyren 1936</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, as a species:
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FBD54F1517C5F9AF" box="[1145,1267,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
will contribute positively to the clarification of this group.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64247FE77FF3B4F9E1124F930" blockId="25.[151,530,1688,1714]" box="[151,530,1688,1714]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF3B4F9E1124F930" bold="true" box="[151,530,1688,1714]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Morphology derived structure</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64247FE74FF3B4FE6110FFE9F" blockId="25.[151,1437,1760,2039]" lastBlockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" lastPageId="26" lastPageNumber="27" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
Considering the studied complex group it seems that there are three large groups, which obviously coincide with the current taxonomy based on morphology (we still use here the old nomenclature to refer them). The most different includes
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF574E2F12B3F8C0" box="[251,389,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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and
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FE504E2F114CF8C0" box="[508,634,1832,1858]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. b. tristis</emphasis>
, which had longer heads both concerning its width, and also about their body length, but not in their pilei because other species (especially of the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FBB94E4A1779F8E4" box="[1045,1103,1868,1894]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">rudis</emphasis>
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complex) had smaller (in size and length) but very wide heads. Similarly, the scales that cover the upper part of the crus are small and barely keeled. Also, they had comparatively longer hindlimbs (are the more climbing, based on this characteristic). Osteologically, they have very rarely any B-Type pre-autotomic vertebrae. The sternal fontanelle is frequently reduced or absent in
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FF3B4EDB1208F874" box="[151,318,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
D. b.
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</emphasis>
. Postorbital and postfrontal are subequal or the postorbital is a bit smaller (different to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44247FE77FABD4EDB16A3F874" box="[1297,1429,2012,2038]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">D. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, clade B and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FE8E49911139FF33" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[290,527,151,177]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="spitzenbergerae" subSpecies="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FE8E49911139FF33" box="[290,527,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. v. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Squamosal and postorbital overlap commonly in half of the seconds length (as also in
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF4549BD12F5FF57" box="[233,451,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), more usually than in other forms of the group.
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC4549BD17D1FF57" box="[1001,1255,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FC4549BD176DFF57" authorityName="Arribas" authorityYear="1999" box="[1001,1115,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Darevskia</taxonomicName>
b.
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</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FAB249BD16AAFF56" box="[1310,1436,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. b. tristis</emphasis>
are identical in ANOSIM. This species is also recovered by genetics. Genetics indicates the possibility that
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FAEF49D916B5FF7A" box="[1347,1411,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">tristis</emphasis>
is paraphyletic as presently understood.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64244FE74FF6B4821101DFD07" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
The former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FEE048211298FEC3" box="[332,430,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex has a broad overlap among the different forms in CDA. These
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB7F48211603FEC3" box="[1235,1333,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex samples had comparatively longer limbs, comparatively smaller heads, a greater number of scales in the crus (which in this case corresponds also to smaller scale size, and are no or almost-none keeled), and less markedly, a greater number of ventral and dorsal scales. Anal index, a bit greater (scale comparatively wider) in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FB1348951673FE2F" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[1215,1349,403,429]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB1348951673FE2F" box="[1215,1349,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF3B48B11215FE53" box="[151,291,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FE6048B11130FE53" box="[460,518,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex. One of their supposed taxa,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC6E48B117B5FE53" box="[962,1155,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, perhaps due to its wide dispersal and the presence of isolated populations, appears somewhat heterogeneous.
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FBD348DD16AAFE77" box="[1151,1436,475,501]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="variety" species="rudis" variety="lantzicyreni">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FBD348DD16AAFE77" box="[1151,1436,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Darevskia v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
overlaps a few with
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FEDB48F91166FD9B" box="[375,592,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in males, and even more in females, which would be in agreement with the genetic results and the taxonomic changes proposed above). In turn,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC224B25177CFDBF" box="[910,1098,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
has the higher dorsalia among the former
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FEB94B411241FDE3" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[277,375,583,609]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FEB94B411241FDE3" box="[277,375,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex and is the closer of this complex to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FCD14B4110EDFDE3" box="[893,987,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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, which would also agree with the genetic analysis (see above) and its relation as conspecific.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64244FE74FF6B4B8910AFFCDF" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF6B4B891136FD2B" box="[199,512,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Darevskia r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
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is characterized by low lamellae (in males and females), and osteologically is characterized because not infrequently shows a weakly ossified rib associated to the third vertebra (an extremely rare character, probably atavistic, associated to small and isolated populations), and the sternal fontanelle adopt singular shapes in sand-clock, irregular cordiform or trilobate in its forepart.Also its squamosal and postorbital bones overlap commonly in half of the seconds length (as in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FCA44A1910A5FCBB" baseAuthorityName="Mehely" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[776,915,799,825]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bithynica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FCA44A1910A5FCBB" box="[776,915,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Genetically, it is related to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB714A1916AAFCBB" box="[1245,1436,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. v. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF6B4A45120FFCDF" box="[199,313,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(all three are proposed here as subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC984A4510A6FCDF" box="[820,912,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64244FE74FF6B4A6112BEFB23" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FF6B4A611126FC03" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[199,528,871,897]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="spitzenbergerae" subSpecies="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF6B4A611126FC03" box="[199,528,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Darevskia v. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, clade A (here treated as the nominal ssp. of
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FB8E4A6117CFFC03" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[1058,1273,871,897]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB8E4A6117CFFC03" box="[1058,1273,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and clade B (here described as a new species) (in males) and in general, as all the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FBA94A8D1751FC27" box="[1029,1127,907,933]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (in females) have higher ventralia counts than in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FE514AA911BCFC4B" baseAuthorityName="Mehely" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[509,650,943,969]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bithynica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FE514AA911BCFC4B" box="[509,650,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC984AA91058FC4B" box="[820,878,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex taxa. Osteologically, this singular form (
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF0D4AD51265FC6F" box="[161,339,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) has the interclavicle lateral branches inclined forwards (with only this model in typical
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FAC94AD5127FFB93" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. s. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and in “clade A” (coexisting with some branches backward). Postorbital and postfrontal are subequal or the postorbital is a bit greater (as in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FDFC4D1D11E3FBB7" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[592,725,1051,1077]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FDFC4D1D11E3FBB7" box="[592,725,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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or clade B). Nominal taxa
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FBE24D1D1636FBB7" box="[1102,1280,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
+clade A, and clade B are recovered as two different species by genetics.
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FCEF4D391746FBDB" box="[835,1136,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Darevskia spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and clade A are primitive forms, among the closely related to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FD944D6511A1FBFF" box="[568,663,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. rudis</emphasis>
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(sensu novo) and their subspecies (
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB984D651781FBFF" box="[1076,1207,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">lantzicyreni</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB5F4D6516A3FBFF" box="[1267,1429,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">bolkardaghica</emphasis>
, especially this latter).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64244FE74FF6B4DAD12C0FAB3" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FF6B4DAD1295FB47" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[199,419,1195,1221]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF6B4DAD1295FB47" box="[199,419,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Darevskia valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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seems to be a different taxon (genetics) without its formerly assigned subspecies (is nominotypical). It has Temporalia2 a bit lower than in related taxa. In
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FC134DC91773FB6B" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[959,1093,1231,1257]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC134DC91773FB6B" box="[959,1093,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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not infrequently appear some B-Type autotomic vertebrae. Postorbital and postfrontal are subequal or the postorbital is a bit greater (as in clade B or
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FEBD4C1112D3FAB3" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[273,485,1303,1329]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FEBD4C1112D3FAB3" box="[273,485,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64244FE74FF6B4C3D161BF91B" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FF6B4C3D1240FAD7" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[199,374,1339,1365]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF6B4C3D1240FAD7" box="[199,374,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Darevskia rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex is characterized by smaller dorsalia in a great part of the
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FBFF4C3D17BDFAD7" box="[1107,1163,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (except in
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FAC04C3D13F9FAFB" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
yet indicated in
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Arribas
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FE464C591117FAFB" box="[490,545,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
, that also is recovered as a different species in genetic analyses), than in the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF4B4C851271FA1F" box="[231,327,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex and
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FE704C851157FA1F" box="[476,609,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
ssp. (except in
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FCA94C8510ADFA1F" box="[773,923,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. v. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
that has lower scores similar to the main former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF3B4CA113F9FA43" box="[151,207,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex). Hindlimb relative length is also comparatively smaller when compared with the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FA904CA116AAFA43" box="[1340,1436,1447,1473]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex and even more with
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FE4C4CCD115EFA67" box="[480,616,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. These differences shall be considered as characteristic of
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FB5E4CCD165BFA67" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[1266,1389,1483,1509]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB5E4CCD165BFA67" box="[1266,1389,1483,1509]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and their newly assigned subspecies, which are very few differentiated.
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC3E4CE9174DF98B" box="[914,1147,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Darevskia r. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FB194CE916AAF98B" baseAuthorityName="Darevsky" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[1205,1436,1519,1545]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="obscura" subSpecies="macromaculata">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB194CE916AAF98B" box="[1205,1436,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. macromaculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are near the same by morphology, as suggested in
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Arribas
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FCB54F151066F9AF" box="[793,848,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">et al.</emphasis>
(2013)
</bibRefCitation>
. They are so similar in all analyses (including non-significant differences in ANOSIM) that they appear to be the same (increased pigmentation in typical Georgian
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF3B4F5D1274F9F7" box="[151,322,1627,1653]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">macromaculata</emphasis>
, but perhaps not in Turkish specimens, a question to be studied in future). Temporalia1 is somewhat smaller in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FEA74F7912DBF91B" baseAuthorityName="Darevsky" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[267,493,1663,1689]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="obscura" subSpecies="macromaculata">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FEA74F7912DBF91B" box="[267,493,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. macromaculata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FD8E4F791187F91B" box="[546,689,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(M, F), and SVL (size) is greater in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FBEE4F7917EEF91B" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Bohme &amp; Budak" baseAuthorityYear="1977" box="[1090,1240,1663,1689]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="obscura" subSpecies="bischoffi">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FBEE4F7917EEF91B" box="[1090,1240,1663,1689]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. r. bischoffi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(M, F).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64244FE74FF6B4FA5170EF8AB" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
Paradoxically,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FEC04FA512F1F93F" box="[364,455,1699,1725]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is morphologically extreme and a differentiated form within “its” former complex, and is distinguished from the other former
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FD224FC111FEF963" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[654,712,1735,1761]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FD224FC111FEF963" box="[654,712,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex taxa (now
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FC154FC1170FF963" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[953,1081,1735,1761]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC154FC1170FF963" box="[953,1081,1735,1761]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sspp.) by its greater values of dorsalia. Also, it is basal to the group in UPGMA. Osteologically, in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FC0F4FED1736F887" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[931,1024,1771,1797]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" sensu="stricto" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC0F4FED1736F887" box="[931,1024,1771,1797]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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postorbital and postfrontal are subequal or the first is smaller than the second (as in
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FD464E091050F8AB" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[746,870,1807,1833]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FD464E091050F8AB" box="[746,870,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FC314E091711F8AB" box="[925,1063,1807,1833]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64244FE74FF6B4E3511E3F85F" blockId="26.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">
The two extreme populations displaced towards the south of both classical complexes (
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FB3B4E3516AAF8CF" authorityName="Arribas, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Durmus, Avci &amp; Uzum" authorityYear="2013" box="[1175,1436,1843,1869]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="rudis" subSpecies="bolkardaghica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB3B4E3516AAF8CF" box="[1175,1436,1843,1869]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. rudis bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FF654E51113DF8F3" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[201,523,1879,1905]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="valentini" subSpecies="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FF654E51113DF8F3" box="[201,523,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">D. valentini spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) result in the ones that connect morphologically the former
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FB694E5117C9F8F3" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[1221,1279,1879,1905]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FB694E5117C9F8F3" box="[1221,1279,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254244FE74FA964E5116AAF8F3" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[1338,1436,1879,1905]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="26" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44244FE74FA964E5116AAF8F3" box="[1338,1436,1879,1905]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complexes.This may be because they are the most primitive in both groups, or because of an ecoclimatic convergence in their scalation. Both live on calcareous substrates (siliceous, even volcanic in the other forms), so they have a lighter background color than other forms (darker).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4991118AFEC3" blockId="27.[151,778,151,177]" lastBlockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF3B4991103CFF33" bold="true" box="[151,778,151,177]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Concordance of genetic and morphological results</emphasis>
a) The classic morphological groupings/species (
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FD6749D91033FF7B" box="[715,773,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FC9549D910ADFF7B" baseAuthorityName="Boettger" baseAuthorityYear="1892" box="[825,923,223,249]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="valentini">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC9549D910ADFF7B" box="[825,923,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complexes) seem to be no longer valid, due to newly discovered “intermediate” taxa, recent speciation, and multiple past and present introgression. The situation is fairly more complex than previously expected.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B484D17EAFEE7" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" box="[151,1244,331,358]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
b) The above-mentioned morphological characteristics of
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FC9F484A108BFEE7" baseAuthorityName="Mehely" baseAuthorityYear="1909" box="[819,957,331,357]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bithynica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC9F484A108BFEE7" box="[819,957,331,357]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. bithynica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are valid for this species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B486912DBFE2F" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
c) The above-mentioned morphological characteristics of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC9C487610BAFE0B" box="[816,908,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex are valid for
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FB2448761635FE0B" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" baseAuthorityYear="1936" box="[1160,1283,367,393]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FB2448761635FE0B" box="[1160,1283,367,393]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(and its sspp.
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF3B48951270FE2F" box="[151,326,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">macromaculata</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FED0489512EAFE2F" box="[380,476,403,429]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">bischoffi</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B48B1174EFE77" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
d) As stated above
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE2048BE12DAFE53" box="[396,492,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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is distinguished from the other former
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FBA548B11775FE53" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[1033,1091,439,465]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FBA548B11775FE53" box="[1033,1091,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex taxa (hereinafter
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FA2D48BE13C7FE77" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sspp.) by its greater values of dorsalia. Also, it is basal to the group in UPGMA.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B48F91797FD98" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" box="[151,1185,511,538]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
e)
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FF6B48F912EFFD9B" box="[199,473,511,537]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="rudis" subSpecies="lantzicyreni">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF6B48F912EFFD9B" box="[199,473,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Darevskia r. lantzicyreni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE4C48F91157FD9B" bold="true" box="[480,609,511,537]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">comb. nov.</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FD3B4B061047FD9B" authorityName="Arribas, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Durmus, Avci &amp; Uzum" authorityYear="2013" box="[663,881,511,537]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="rudis" subSpecies="bolkardaghica">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FD3B4B061047FD9B" box="[663,881,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are subspecies of
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FB924B0617ADFD9B" box="[1086,1179,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4B2512C6FC97" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
f)
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FF6B4B2512C4FDBF" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[199,498,547,573]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF6B4B2512C4FDBF" box="[199,498,547,573]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Darevskia spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a different taxon. The fourth axis of females analysis (at the limit of significance) discriminates specially clade A (
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FDA74B4E11DEFDE3" box="[523,744,584,609]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. s. wernermayeri</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FD5D4B41106EFDE3" bold="true" box="[753,856,583,609]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">nov. ssp.</emphasis>
) and in a lesser degree
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FBC24B4E1656FDE3" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[1134,1376,583,609]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="valentini" subSpecies="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FBC24B4E1656FDE3" box="[1134,1376,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. v. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(that genetically cluster together and are very similar in ANOVA), characterized by higher values of lamellae, preanalia and femoralia. Inside this
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FE6F4B891143FD2B" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[451,629,655,681]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE6F4B891143FD2B" box="[451,629,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
genetic clade, preanalia is higher in clade A (
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FB2A4B961654FD2B" box="[1158,1378,656,681]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. s. wernermayeri</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FAC74B8913F5FD4F" bold="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">nov. ssp.</emphasis>
) and strongly characterizes it (M, F) concerning near all the taxa studied here (and if the Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test is used instead of the much stricter of Scheffe, is significantly different to all the taxa, including the nominal
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FF564BFA12D1FC97" baseAuthorityName="Eiselt, Darevsky &amp; Schmidtler" baseAuthorityYear="1992" box="[250,487,763,789]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="valentini" subSpecies="spitzenbergerae">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF564BFA12D1FC97" box="[250,487,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. s. spitzenbergerae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
)
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4A191003FC4B" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
g)
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FF6B4A191292FCBB" authorityName="Arribas, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Durmus, Avci &amp; Uzum" authorityYear="2013" baseAuthorityName="Arribas, Ilgaz, Kumlutas, Durmus, Avci &amp; Uzum" baseAuthorityYear="2013" box="[199,420,799,825]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mirabilis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF6B4A191292FCBB" box="[199,420,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Darevskia mirabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is another taxon, genetically singular, and only moderately differentiated in its morphology within the former
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FEC04A451290FCDF" baseAuthorityName="Bedriaga" baseAuthorityYear="1886" box="[364,422,835,861]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rudis">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FEC04A451290FCDF" box="[364,422,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (morphologically seems more related to
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FC5C4A4217B9FCDF" authorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" authorityYear="1936" box="[1008,1167,835,861]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="saxicola" subSpecies="obscura">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC5C4A4217B9FCDF" box="[1008,1167,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. o. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
or
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FB174A4216AAFCDF" box="[1211,1436,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Anatolian diagonal effect? -), and longtime approached to
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC9E4A6E1080FC03" box="[818,950,871,897]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its pattern, but well isolated genetically. In ANOVA, very low supraciliar granula (M, F) (especially distinctive of this taxon) and gularia (M), and higher circumanalia (M) counts are the most diagnostic characters.
</paragraph>
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h) The number (tibialia), size and keeling of the crus scales was formerly used to distinguish between the forms assigned to “
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE854AF11255FB93" box="[297,355,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” and “
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE1E4AF11122FB93" box="[434,532,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">valentini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
” (sensu auctt.) and is distinctive with higher counts (and smaller scales size and keeling) in the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE3C4D1D12C4FBB7" box="[400,498,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">valentini</emphasis>
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complex (and
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FD3A4D1A100DFBB7" box="[662,827,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
D. b.
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</emphasis>
), appearing, to the contrary, the lower counts (with big size and strong keeling) in part of the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FD284D391188FBDB" box="[644,702,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex (
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC9E4D461759FBDB" box="[818,1135,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254245FE75FC9E4D4610FCFBDB" authorityName="Lantz &amp; Cyren" authorityYear="1936" box="[818,970,1087,1113]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="saxicola" subSpecies="obscura">D. o. obscura</taxonomicName>
, D. o. bischoffi
</emphasis>
and
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FB0E4D4616BAFBDB" box="[1186,1420,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. o. macromaculata</emphasis>
). However,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FEA04D621249FBFF" box="[268,383,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. r. rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE224D62113BFBFF" box="[398,525,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. b. tristis</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FDB04D6211CEFBFF" box="[540,760,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. r. bolkardaghica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC9C4D62108EFBFF" box="[816,952,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. mirabilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appear in intermediate scores (but in scale size and aspect are more similar to the lower scored ones, the former
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FC374D8110E3FB23" box="[923,981,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
complex:
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FBE64D8E17F0FB23" box="[1098,1222,1159,1185]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">D. obscura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
sspp.). This can be seen in
<figureCitation id="13112A234245FE75FF414DAD1208FB47" box="[237,318,1195,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 11" captionStartId="20.[152,253,1745,1769]" captionTargetBox="[449,1137,190,1710]" captionTargetId="figure-37@20.[441,1146,181,1721]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 11. Escalation of the calf area in the rudis and valentini complexes. Scale size (great, medium, small) and keeling development (weak keeling, medium keeling, strong keeling). The new nomenclature proposed in the text is used. D. r. lantzicyreni comb. nov. (medium scalesize, medium keeling); D.josefschmidtleri sp.nov. (small scale size, weak keeling);D. s. spitzenbergerae stat. et comb. nov. (small scale size, weak keeling); D. s. wernermayeri ssp. nov. (medium scale size, weak keeling); D. valentini (medium scale size, weak keeling); D. b. bithynica (small scale size, weak keeling); D. b. tristis (medium scale size, weak keeling); D. o. bischoffi comb. nov. (great scale size, strongly keeling); D. o. obscura stat. et comb. nov. (great scale size, strongly keeling); D. o. macromaculata comb. nov. (great scale size, strongly keeling); D. r. bolkardaghica (medium scale size, medium keeling); D. rudis (medium scale size, medium keeling); D. mirabilis stat. nov. (medium scale size, medium keeling." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7517937" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7517937/files/figure.png" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Fig. 11</figureCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4DC910B9FA8F" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">There is dissociation between the results based on morphology (more similar to the former taxonomy) and those based on genetics. We believe this difference is due to three factors:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4C1113DEFA1C" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
a) They are taxa of very recent differentiation. Speciation in the group is very recent, and although some lineages constitute phylogenetic species and biological species (different niches in sympatry, see for example the excellent work of
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Tarkhnishvili
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FE234C6612F1FAFB" box="[399,455,1375,1401]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
), their genetic distances are very low and phylogenies can be obscured also by this reason.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4CA1121EF9AF" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
b) In many places, they are involved in extensive hybridization and introgression phenomena. The presence of numerous hybrids (even hybrid swarms) between the different forms, intermediate animals and that carry mitochondrial haplotypes that are not related to their nuclear reality, as can be seen in
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Rato
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FB264CF617F7F98B" box="[1162,1217,1519,1545]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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and
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Candan
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF3B4F1213F9F9AF" box="[151,207,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">et al.</emphasis>
(2021)
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.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4F3111DAF91B" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">c) There are new taxa recently described or in the process of description in this study, some of them barely known up to now, that present intermediate, less well-defined, or mosaic characteristics, and that have been forcibly wedged between previously defined groups in former studies.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4FA2100EF963" blockId="27.[151,1437,223,1762]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">For these reasons, morphology is useful for the diagnosis of the different taxa and even the study of their intraspecific variability, but not so much for phylogenetic reconstruction.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64245FE75FF3B4E091268F8AB" blockId="27.[151,350,1807,1833]" box="[151,350,1807,1833]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FF3B4E091268F8AB" bold="true" box="[151,350,1807,1833]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">CONCLUSION</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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Some geographical regions in the world are very important both in terms of species diversity and the history of the emergence of this biodiversity.
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and Caucasus, which are valuable geographical regions in terms of both these phenomena, host many extraordinary living creatures, from what the genus
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44245FE75FB274E9917CBF83B" box="[1163,1277,1951,1977]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Darevskia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is one of the best examples due to its complex structure, phylogenetic radiation and the parthenogenesis phenomenon. Here, we performed the most comprehensive morphological evaluation as well as a complete molecular phylogenetic evaluation (without any representative taxa excluded) of a group of
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254242FE72FC2E49BD10C2FF57" authorityName="Arribas" authorityYear="1999" box="[898,1012,187,213]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44242FE72FC2E49BD10C2FF57" box="[898,1012,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Darevskia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
whose taxonomic positions have been discussed for many years. The molecular results showed that the so called
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<emphasis id="B95EEAB44242FE72FC4949D91729FF7B" box="[997,1055,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">rudis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group (from
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Murphy
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44242FE72FAB649D91665FF7B" box="[1306,1363,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">et al.</emphasis>
2000
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) contains more genetic lineages than anticipated, one of them identified as new species (
<taxonomicName id="4C2A4D254242FE72FBF648051618FE9F" authority="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz, 2022" authorityName="Arribas &amp; Candan &amp; Kornilios &amp; Ayaz &amp; Kumlutaş &amp; Gül &amp; Yilmaz &amp; Caynak &amp; Ilgaz" authorityYear="2022" box="[1114,1326,259,285]" class="Reptilia" family="Lacertidae" genus="Darevskia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="josefschmidtleri" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44242FE72FBF648051618FE9F" box="[1114,1326,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">D. josefschmidtleri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44242FE72FA98480516BAFE9F" bold="true" box="[1332,1420,259,285]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A26D57CF4242FE72FA98480516BAFE9F" box="[1332,1420,259,285]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
). Morphological comparisons, on the other hand, contributed also to the definition of a new subspecific taxon (as
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44242FE72FA2D4821127BFEE6" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">D. s. wernermayeri</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B95EEAB44242FE72FEF8484D128FFEE7" bold="true" box="[340,441,331,357]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">ssp. nov.</emphasis>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9536A64242FE72FF3B489513C2FE53" blockId="28.[151,1436,403,465]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Based on both morphology and molecular markers, the taxonomic structuring of the studied group is proposed as follows:</paragraph>
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