Chernov's skink

Chernov's skink (Ablepharus chernovi ) is a species of skinks, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to northern Eurasia.

Chernov's skink
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.

Synonyms[1]
  • Ablepharus chernovi
    Darevsky, 1953
  • Ablepharus kitaibelii cernovi
    Bischoff, 1978 (ex errore)
  • Ablepharus kitaibelii chernovi
    Engelmann et al., 1993
  • Ablepharus chernovi chernovi
    J.F. Schmidtler, 1997

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. Species Ablepharus chernovi at The Reptile Database
  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.
  3. 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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