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Ablepharus chernovi DAREVSKY, 1953

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesAblepharus chernovi chernovi DAREVSKY 1953
Ablepharus chernovi eiselti SCHMIDTLER 1997
Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis SCHMIDTLER 1997
Ablepharus chernovi ressli SCHMIDTLER 1997 
Common NamesE: Chernov’s Skink 
SynonymAblepharus chernovi DAREVSKY 1953
Ablepharus kitaibelii cernovi [sic] — BISCHOFF 1978
Ablepharus kitaibelii chernovi — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Ablepharus chernovi chernovi — SCHMIDTLER 1997
Ablepharus chernovi — SZCZERBAK 2003
Ablepharus chernovi — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Ablepharus chernovi — SKOURTANIOTI et al. 2016

Ablepharus chernovi eiselti SCHMIDTLER 1997
Ablepharus chernovi eiselti — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Ablepharus chernovi eiselti — GEMEL et al. 2019
Ablepharus chernovi eiselti — BOZKURT et al. 2020

Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis SCHMIDTLER 1997
Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis — GEMEL et al. 2019
Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis — BOZKURT et al. 2020

Ablepharus chernovi ressli SCHMIDTLER 1997
Ablepharus chernovi ressli — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Ablepharus chernovi ressli — GEMEL et al. 2019 
DistributionArmenia, E Turkey, N Syria, Caucasus (Arax-, Zanga-, and Razden valleys), Iran

chernovi: Armenia, Turkey (Anatolia), Syria

eiselti: Turkey (Adana region);Type locality: “6 km S Karsanti (= Aladag), 900 m, Prov. Adana, Türkei”

isauriensis: Turkey (CS Anatolia), Type locality: “Abanoz-Almdorf (1400 m), 50 km N Anamur (Prov. Içel = Mersin), Türkei”

ressli: S turkey (N of Mersin)

Type locality: Razdan River Valley, Armenia  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZISP (ZIL) 19385 (only paratypes in ZISP according to web catalogue, as of 21 Dec 2018); Paratypes in ZIL, MTD (= MTKD), ZFMK (ZFMK 37001 was ZIL 19387), ZMB.
Holotype: ZSM 114/1996, male; Paratypes in ZFMK, ZSM, ZDEU and NMW [eiselti]
Holotype: ZSM 115/1996, male, paratype: NMW [isauriensis]
Holotype: NMW 19639:3 (m) [ressli] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Polytypische Art, nächstverwandt mit A. kitaibelii. Augenregion wie bei dieser Art. Tympanal-Öffnung winzig, oft schlitzförmig (0,1 mm im Mittel), regional ganz fehlend. 2. Supraciliare etwas schmäler als bei A. kitaibelii (B/L im Mittel 40-50%). Interparietale schmäler als lang (im Mittel 80-100%). Rumpfschuppen stets 18. Rückenzeichnung und Ventraliarandung ähnlich A. kitaibelii; Bauch beim Männchen gelblich bis rotorange” (Schmidtler 1997: 40).


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CommentDistribution: For a map in Turkey see Bozkurt et al. 2020: 135 (Fig. 1). 
EtymologyNamed after Sergius Alexandrovich Chernov (1903-1964) (obituary in Copeia 1964: 466, and Doronin 2021 for further biographical notes).

A. c. isauriensis was named after "Isaurien" the antique name of a landscape in the north of its range. 
References
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