Chernov's skink
Chernov's skink | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Ablepharus |
Species: | A. chernovi |
Binomial name | |
Ablepharus chernovi Darevsky, 1953 | |
Subspecies | |
Four, see text. | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Chernov's skink (Ablepharus chernovi ) is a species of skinks, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to northern Eurasia.
Geographic range
A. chernovi is native to Armenia, eastern Turkey, northern Syria, and the valleys of the Arax River, Zanga River, and Razden Rivers in the Caucasus.[2]
Conservation status
A. chernovi was included in Red Data Book of the USSR in 1984, and in that of Armenia 3 years later.[2]
Etymology
The specific name, chernovi, is in honour of Russian herpetologist Sergius Alexandrovich Chernov.[3]
Subspecies
Four subspecies of Ablepharus chernovi are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]
- Ablepharus chernovi chernovi Darevsky, 1953
- Ablepharus chernovi eiselti J.F. Schmidtler, 1997
- Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis J.F. Schmidtler, 1997
- Ablepharus chernovi ressli J.F. Schmidtler, 1997
References
- 1 2 Species Ablepharus chernovi at The Reptile Database
- 1 2 Ananjeva, Natalia B.; et al. (2006). The Reptiles of Northern Eurasia. Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 47. Pensoft. p. 70. ISBN 978-954-642-269-9. ISSN 1312-0174.
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ablepharus chernovi, p. 53).
Further reading
- Darevsky IS (1953). "[Ablepharus chernovi sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauria) from the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic]". Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow 58 (2): 39-41. (Ablepharus chernovi, new species). (in Russian).
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