Darevskia raddei

Darevskia raddei, known commonly as the Azerbaijan lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Eurasia. There are three subspecies.

Etymology
The specific name, raddei, is in honor of German naturalist Gustav Radde.

Geographic range
D. raddei is found in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, and Turkey.

Habitat
D. raddei is found at altitudes of 600 – in a variety of habitats including forest, shrubland, grassland and rocky areas.

Subspecies
Three subspecies are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
 * Darevskia raddei chaldoranensis N. Rastegar-Pouyani, Karamiani, Oraei, Khosrawani & E. Rastegar-Pouyani, 2011
 * Darevskia raddei raddei (Boettger, 1892)
 * Darevskia raddei vanensis (Eiselt, J.F. Schmidtler & Darevsky, 1993)

Nota bene: A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than Darevskia.