 Darevsky was President of Russian Herpetological Society (1989–2006), honorary member of the Societas Europaea Herpetologia (since 1996) and American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (since 1973), and a member of many Russian and foreign scientific societies.Many species of amphibians and reptiles were named in honor of Darevsky.The Caucasian rock lizards, that Darevsky studied for his entire life, were named in his honor as a genus "Darevskia", as well as the viper "Vipera darevskii", and the lizard "Eutropis darevskii".