Darevskia — rock lizards one by one

Ajarian Rock Lizard

Darevskia adjarica

The venomless Ajarian Rock Lizard lives on rocks and stones in the forested valleys of Adjara. You cannot identify it by colour alone.

Adjara

Alpine Rock Lizard

Darevskia alpina

The Alpine Rock Lizard lives high in the mountains of the western Greater Caucasus. It is still a candidate on Georgia's checklist, and you cannot tell it from other Darevskia by colour.

Armenian Rock Lizard

Darevskia armeniaca

The Armenian Rock Lizard reproduces without males. In Georgia it occurs in a small area in the south, and you cannot identify it by colour alone.

Samtskhe — Javakheti

Brauner's Rock Lizard

Darevskia brauneri

Brauner's Rock Lizard is harmless and a candidate species within the D. saxicola group; the Ertso lizards are its subspecies. You cannot identify it by colour alone.

Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti

Caucasian Rock Lizard

Darevskia caucasica

The Caucasian Rock Lizard is a small, fast lizard of rocky places in the Greater Caucasus. It is nonvenomous, but colour alone makes it hard to tell from similar lizards.

Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti · Racha — Lechkhumi — Kvemo Svaneti · Mtskheta — Mtianeti +1

Clark's Rock Lizard

Darevskia clarkorum

Clark's Rock Lizard is a non-venomous rock lizard of Adjara and is on Georgia's Red List. It does not occur across the whole country, and you cannot identify it by colour alone.

Adjara

Daghestanian Rock Lizard

Darevskia daghestanica

The Daghestanian Rock Lizard is a non-venomous rock lizard. In Georgia it occurs in the north-eastern mountains, and you cannot tell it apart from the Caucasian Rock Lizard by colour.

Mtskheta — Mtianeti

Dahl's Rock Lizard

Darevskia dahli

Dahl's Rock Lizard is non-venomous, and its females reproduce without males. In Georgia it lives mainly in forested, rocky places in the Trialeti mountains, and its colour does not set it apart from other Darevskia.

Shida Kartli · Mtskheta — Mtianeti · Kvemo Kartli

Derjugin's Lizard

Darevskia derjugini

Derjugin's Lizard (Darevskia derjugini) is a small, non-venomous forest lizard. It lives on the ground in western Georgia and in the forest belt of the east.

Abkhazia · Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti · Guria +6

Mixed Rock Lizard

Darevskia mixta

The Mixed Rock Lizard has no venom and, in Georgia, lives mainly in humid forested gorges in the west. It is absent from Adjara, and colour alone is not enough to identify it.

Samegrelo — Zemo Svaneti · Imereti · Samtskhe — Javakheti

Portschinsky's Lizard

Darevskia portschinskii

Portschinsky's Lizard is a non-venomous rock lizard confirmed in Georgia. It lives in the mountain forest of Trialeti but is not found across the whole country. You cannot identify it by colour alone.

Mtskheta — Mtianeti · Kvemo Kartli · Tbilisi

Meadow Lizard

Darevskia praticola

The Meadow Lizard is a small, non-venomous lizard of eastern and central Georgia that lives on the ground rather than on rocks. You cannot tell it apart from similar lizards by colour alone.

Pontic Meadow Lizard

Darevskia pontica

The Pontic Meadow Lizard is a harmless lizard of the Black Sea region of northwestern Georgia, and a candidate species on the checklist. You cannot identify it by colour alone.

Abkhazia

Obscure Rock Lizard

Darevskia obscura

The Obscure Rock Lizard is harmless and occurs in Samtskhe-Javakheti and Adjara. The 2026 checklist lists it as a candidate species, and you cannot identify it by colour alone.

Adjara · Samtskhe — Javakheti

Radde's Lizard

Darevskia raddei

Radde's Lizard is a non-venomous rock lizard. In Georgia it is confirmed only in Samtskhe-Javakheti, on the upper Mtkvari, in the Pia–Tmogvi area.

Samtskhe — Javakheti

Valentin's Lizard

Darevskia valentini

Valentin's Lizard is a non-venomous rock lizard of the Javakheti highlands and one of the parent species of the Armenian Rock Lizard. You cannot identify it by colour alone.

Samtskhe — Javakheti