Igor V. Doronin

ResearcherID: https://publons.com/researcher/AAO-6161-2021
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ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-3144
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Academic degree: Candidate of Biological Sciences
Academic title: No title
Position: Senior Researcher
E-mail: Igor.Doronin@zin.ru
Contact phone: +7 (812) 323-31-40, ext. 308
Educational background: Stavropol State University, 2009
Dissertations: “Systematics, phylogeny and distribution of Rock lizards supraspecific complexes Darevskia (praticola), Darevskia (caucasica) and Darevskia (saxicola).” (PhD)
Research interests: Systematics, phylogeny, distribution and biology of amphibians and reptiles of the Caucasus and adjacent territory, the history of herpetology.
Field studies: Stavropol and Krasnodar Territory, the Republic of Abkhazia, Armenia, Adygea, Georgia, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kalmykia, the Crimea, North Ossetia-Alania, Vladimir, Nizhny Novgorod, Leningrad and Rostov Regions.
Professional membership:
Editorial activity:
Pedagogical activity:
  • Head of the Department of postgraduate study of ZIN RAS
  • Member of the State Examination Commission of St. Petersburg State University (06.04.01 "Biology", 2020-2021 academic year)
  • Chairman of the State Examination Commission of the St. Petersburg State Agrarian University (06.03.01 "Biology", 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023 academic years)
Scientific projects and grants:
  • RSF 22-24-00079. “Systematics and distribution of lizards in the Greater Caucasus: new approaches to solving old problems”
  • RFBR 16-04-00395. “Model reconstruction of potential forest cover of the Russian Plain, the North Caucasus and the Urals in today's climate”
  • RFBR 15-04-20632. Draft organization of the International Congress “Actual problems of the study and conservation of amphibians and reptiles of Eurasia”
  • RFBR 15-04-01730. “A study of the taxonomic and evolutionary relations in genealogically related complexes Palaearctic reptiles: morphological and molecular analysis”
Selected Publications:
  • Doronin I.V. 2011. A description of a new subspecies of Rock lizard Darevskia brauneri myusserica ssp. nov. from the Western Transcaucasia (Abkhazia), with comments on systematics of Darevskia saxicola complex. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 315(3): 242–262. [In Russian]
  • Lotiev, K.J., Doronin I.V. 2011. Vedenskaya lizard, Darevskia caucasica vedenica (Darevsky et Roitberg, 1999): its study history, taxonomy and distribution. Current Studies in Herpetology, 11(1/2): 48–54. [In Russian]
  • Tuniyev S.B., Doronin I.V., Kidov A.A., Tuniyev B.S. 2011. Systematic and geographical variability of meadow lizard, Darevskia praticola (Reptilia: Sauria) in the Caucasus. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 18(4): 295–316.
  • Ananjeva N.B., Doronin I.V. 2012. Not forgotten the name of the Russian herpetology. By the 125th anniversary of S.F. Tsarevsky. Priroda, 6: 86–92. [In Russian]
  • Doronin I.V. 2012. The use of GIS for the analysis of the distribution of Rock lizards Darevskia (saxicola) complex (Sauria: Lacertidae). Current Studies in Herpetology, 12(3/4): 91–122. [In Russian]
  • Doronin I.V. 2012. Cases of melanism in lizards of the genus Darevskia. Russian Journal of Zoology, 91(11): 1420–1427. [In Russian]
  • Doronin I.V. 2012. Review of type specimens of Rock lizards of Darevskia (saxicola) complex (Sauria: Lacertidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 316(1): 22–39. [In Russian]
  • Doronin I.V., Tuniyev S.B., Kukushkin O.V. 2013. Differentiation and taxonomy of the Rock lizards Darevskia (saxicola) complex (Sauria: Lacertidae) according to morphological and molecular analyses. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 317(1): 54–84. [In Russian]
  • Kukushkin O.V., Doronin I.V. 2013. Distribution peculiarities of the rare colour aberrations in the Balkan wall lizard, Podarcis tauricus (Sauria: Lacertidae), from the Crimea. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 317(4): 474–493. [In Russian]
  • Tuniyev S.B., Doronin I.V., Tuniyev B.S. Aghasyan A.L., Kidov A.A., Aghasyan L.A. 2013. New subspecies of Meadow Lizard, Darevskia praticola loriensis ssp. nov. (Sauria: Lacertidae) from Armenia. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 20(3): 223–237.
  • Doronin I.V. 2014. Review of type specimens of Rock lizards of Darevskia (caucasica) complex (Sauria: Lacertidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 318(4): 371–381. [In Russian]
  • Skorinov D.V., Doronin I.V., Kidov A.A., Tuniyev B.S., Litvinchuk S.N. 2014. Distribution and conservation status of the Caucasian Newt, Lissotriton lantzi (Wolterstorff, 1914). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 21(4): 251–268.
  • Ananjeva N.B., Doronin I.V. 2015. Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky: portrait of herpetologist. Photoalbum. SPb: ZIN RAS. 103 p. [In Russian]
  • Bakiyev A.G., Garanin V.I., Gelashvili D.B., Gorelov R.A., Doronin I.V., Zaitseva O.V., Zinenko A.I., Klёnina A.A., Makarova T.N., Malenёv A.L., Pavlov A.V., Petrova I.V., Ratnikov V.Y., Starkov V.G., Shiryaev I.V., Yusupov A.D., Yakovlev T.I. 2015. Viper (Reptilia: Serpentes: Vipera: Vipera) Volga basin. Part 1. Togliatti: Cassandra. 234 p. [In Russian]
  • Doronin I.V. 2015. Distribution data of Rock lizards from the Darevskia (praticola) complex (Sauria: Lacertidae). Current Studies in Herpetology, 15(1/2): 3–38. [In Russian]
  • Tuniyev B.S., Doronin I.V., Tuniyev S.B. 2015. Amphibians and Reptiles. Flora and Fauna reserves. Vol. 100A. Vertebrates Teberda Reserve. Fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals (Annotated list of species). Second edition, revised and enlarged. M.: 8–27. [In Russian]
  • Bekoshvili D., Doronin I.V. 2015. New Data on the Distribution of Snakes in Georgia (Caucasus). Herpetological Review, 46(3): 388–390.
  • Doronin I.V. 2016. Review of Type Specimens of the Meadow Lizards Darevskia (praticola) Complex (Sauria: Lacertidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 320(2): 158–175. [In Russian]
  • Doronin I.V. 2017. Review of type specimens of the rock lizards of Darevskia (rudis) complex (Sauria: Lacertidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 321(3): 339–361. [In Russian]
  • Ineich I., Doronin I.V., Lescure J. 2017. Vie et œuvre de l’Alsacien Louis Amédée Lantz (1886–1953), pionnier de l’herpétologie européenne. Bulletin de la Société Herpétologique de France, 162: 55–106.
  • Shestopal A., Doronin I., Milto K., Ananjeva N.B. 2017. Darevskia kopetdaghica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T107655762A107655883. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T107655762A107655883.en
  • Arribas O.J., Ananjeva N.B., Carranza S., Doronin I.V., Orlov N.L., Orlova V.F. 2018. Iberolacerta Arribas and Darevskia Arribas (Chordata, Squamata, Lacertidae): proposals to deem these names available either from Arribas (1997) or from Arribas (1999). The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 75: 122–129.
  • Doronin I.V. 2018. The taxonomic status of Lacerta composita Méhely, 1909 (Squamata: Sauria: Lacertidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology, 25(2): 143–146.
  • Doronin I.V., Mazanaeva L.F., Doronina M.A. 2018. The use of GIS–modeling for the analysis of the distribution of three–lined lizard, Lacerta media Lantz et Cyren, 1920, in the territory of Dagestan (Russia). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 322(4): 463–480. [In Russian]. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2018.322.4.463
  • Doronin I.V., Doronina M.A. 2019. Review of type specimens of Lacerta media Lantz et Cyrén, 1920 (Sauria: Lacertidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 323(2): 85–92. [In Russian]. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2019.323.2.85
  • Doronin I.V., Doronina M.A., Bekoshvili D. 2019. New data on the distribution of lizards in Caucasus. Herpetozoa, 32: 87–90. https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.32.e35615
  • Ineich I., Doronin I.V., Cheylan M., Campbell P.D. 2019. Additional data on the herpetological collection of Louis Amédée Lantz (1886–1953), with emphasis on specimens in the Natural History Museum, London. Zootaxa, 4638(1): 95–113. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4638.1.4
  • Uetz P., Cherikh S., Shea G., Ineich I., Campbell P.D., Doronin I.V., Rosado J., Wynn A., Tighe K.A., Mcdiarmid R., Lee J.L., Köhler G., Ellis R., Doughty P., Raxworthy C.J., Scheinberg L., Resetar A., Sabaj M., Schneider G., Franzen M., Glaw F., Böhme W., Schweiger S., Gemel R., Couper P., Amey A., Dondorp E., Ofer G., Meiri S., Wallach V. 2019. A global catalog of primary reptile type specimens. Zootaxa, 4695(5): 438–450. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4695.5.2
  • Doronin I.V., Dujsebayeva T.N., Akhmedenov K.M., Bakiev A.G., Plakhov K.N. 2020. On the type locality of the steppe ribbon racer, Psammophis lineolatus (Brandt, 1838) (Serpentes: Lamprophiidae). Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 324(2): 262–272. [In Russian]. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2020.324.2.262
  • Kukushkin O.V., Ermakov O.A., Ivanov A.Yu., Doronin I.V., Sviridenko E.Yu., Simonov E.P., Gorelov R.A., Khramova M.A., Blokhin I.G. 2020. Cytochrome b mitochondrial gene analysis-based phylogeography of a Sand lizard in the Crimea: ancient refugium at the peninsula, late expansion from the North, and first evidence of Lacerta agilis tauridica and L. a. exigua (Lacertidae: Sauria) hybridization. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 324(1): 56–99. [In Russian]. https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2020.324.1.56
  • Barabanov A.V., Doronin I.V. Annotated list of amphibian and reptile taxa described by Ilya Sergeevich Darevsky (1924–2009). Zootaxa, 4803 (1): 152–168. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4803.1.8
  • Doronin I.V., Dzhelali P.A., Lotiev K.Yu., Mazanaeva L.F., Mustafaeva G.A., Bunyatova S.N. 2021. Phylogeography of a Darevskia (caucasica) complex (Lacertidae: Sauria) based on the cytochrome b mitochondrial gene analysis. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 325(1): 49–66. [In Russian] https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2021.325.1.49
  • Iskenderov T.M., Doronin I.V., Mustafayeva G.A., Kulieva A.M. 2021. First Record of the Lizard Genus Podarcis Wagler 1830 (Reptilia, Lacertidae) in the Caucasus. Biology Bulletin. 48(8): 163-166.
  • Kukushkin O., Ermakov O., Gherghel I., Lukonina S., Svinin A., Doronin I., Simonov E., Jablonski D. 2021. The mitochondrial phylogeography of the Crimean endemic lizard Darevskia lindholmi (Sauria, Lacertidae): Hidden diversity in an isolated mountain system. Vertebrate Zoology. 71: 559-576. https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.71.e62729
  • Jablonski D., Sillero N., Oskyrko O., Bellati A., Čeirāns A., Cheylan M, Cogălniceanu D, Crnobrnja-Isailović J., Crochet P.-A., Crottini A., Doronin I., Džukić G., Geniez P., Ilgaz Ç., Iosif R., Jandzik D., Jelić D., Litvinchuk S., Ljubisavljević K., Lymberakis P., Mikulíček P., Mizsei E., Moravec J., Najbar B., Pabijan M., Pupins M., Sourrouille P., Strachinis I., Szabolcs M., Thanou E., Tzoras E., Vergilov V., Vörös J., Gvoždík V. 2021. The distribution and biogeography of slow worms (Anguis, Squamata) across the Western Palearctic, with an emphasis on secondary contact zones. Amphibia-Reptilia (2021): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685381-bja10069
  • Red Data Book of the Russian Federation, volume «Animals». 2nd edition. Moscow: FGBU «VNII Ecology», 2021. 1128 p. (Carabus caucasicus Adams, 1817, Darevskia szczerbaki (Lukina, 1963), Eryx jaculus (Linnaeus, 1758))
  • Doronina M.A., Mazanaeva L.F., Doronin I.V. An analysis of the distribution of the lizard genus Lacerta in the Northeast of the Caucasus (Dagestan, Russia) using GIS technologies and methods for building species distribution models // Zoologicheskiy zhurnal, 2022, Vol. 101, № 1, p. 23–36. DOI: 10.31857/S0044513421110052
  • Orlova M.V., Doronin I.V., Klimov P.B., Anisimov N.V. A review of mites and ticks parasitizing rock lizards (Lacertidae: Darevskia) // Journal of Vector Ecology, 2022, Vol. 47, № 1, p. 19-28. DOI: 10.52707/1081-1710-47.1.19
  • Doronina M.A., Doronin I.V., Lukonina S.A., Mazanaeva L.F., Barabanov A.V. Phylogeography of Lacerta media Lantz et Cyrén, 1920 (Lacertidae: Sauria) Based on the Analysis of Mitochondrial Cytochrome b Gene // Russian Journal of Genetics, 2022, Vol. 58, No. 2, p. 171-180. DOI: 10.1134/S102279542202003X
  • Doronina M.A., Doronina I.V., Lukonina S.A., Mazanaeva L.F., Lotievd K.Yu., Ananjeva N.B. Application of DNA Barcoding to the Study of Green Lizards (Sauria: Lacertidae: Lacerta). Genetika, Vol. 59, № 3, pp. 345-355. DOI: 10.31857/S0016675823030037
  • Orlova M.V., Doronin I.V., Doronina M.A., Anisimov N.V., Dolgova I.G. 2023. A Review of Chigger Mites (Trombiculidae) Associated with Lacerta spp. (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from Caucasus and Adjacent Territory. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 30(2): 112 – 117 DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-2-112-117
  • Orlova M.V., Doronin I.V., Doronina M.A., Anisimov N.V. A Review of Ixodid Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) Associated with Lacerta spp. (Reptilia: Lacertidae) from the Caucasus and Adjacent Territory. Diversity 2023, 15, 1026. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15091026