Scientific Name ID: 2620
Name According To: www.faunaeur.org
Species: agilis
Taxon Rank: Species
Scientific Name Authorship:
Vernacular Name: Sand Lizard
Georgian Name: მარდი ხვლიკი
GBD Remarks: Polytypic species in the Caucasus. Subspecies brevicaudata described for the most of eastern Caucasus, subspecies Ioriensis - for local area in the eastern Georgia, subspecies Gruzinica - in the western Caucasus, including Colchis valley (Muskhelishvili, 1970), subspecies Boehmica - in the NE Caucasus. Molecular genetic study of Kalyabina (2001) support basal position of boemica in respect to all other subspecies found from W Europe through W Siberia and Near East, whereas other Caucasian subspecies are closer to the E European exigua.
Reference of occurrence in Georgia: Tarkhnishvili, D., A. Kandaurov & A. Bukhnikashvili, 2002. Declines of amphibians and reptiles in Georgia during the 20th century: virtual vs. actual problems. Zeitschrift fur Feldherpetologie 9: 89-107.