Ilya Darevsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ilya Darevsky

Zoologist, herpetologist

Date of Birth: 18-Dec-1924

Place of Birth: Kiev, Ukraine

Date of Death: 08-Aug-2009

Profession: herpetologist

Nationality: Russia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Ilya Sergeyevich Darevsky (Russian: ???? ????????? ?????????, 18 December 1924 – 8 August 2009) was a Soviet Russian zoologist-herpetologist and a corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
During his career he described 34 species of amphibians and reptiles.
Darevskia, a genus of Caucasian rock lizards, is named after him.