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Ablepharus bivittatus (MENETRIES, 1832)

IUCN Red List - Ablepharus bivittatus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae, Sauria (lizards) 
SubspeciesAblepharus bivittatus bivittatus (MENETRIES 1832)
Ablepharus bivittatus lindbergi WETTSTEIN 1960 
Common NamesE: Twin-striped Skink
G: Gestreiftes Natternauge 
SynonymScincus bivittatus MENETRIES 1832: 64
Ablepharus Menestriesii — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1839: 811
Ablepharus bivittatus — STRAUCH 1868
Ablepharus bivittatus — GREER 1974: 9
Ablepharus bivittatus bivittatus — BISCHOFF 1978
Ablepharus bivittatus — ENGELMANN et al 1993
Ablepharus bivittatus — SZCZERBAK 2003

Ablepharus bivittatus lindbergi WETTSTEIN 1960
Ablepharus lindbergi — EREMCHENKO & SHCHERBAK 1980
Ablepharus lindbergi — SINDACO & JEREMCENKO 2008 
DistributionArmenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, N/NW Iran, Turkey [Chernov 1949], elevation: between 2,300 and 3300 m.

bivittatus: eastern Turkey, northwest and north Iran (and U.S.S.R.), Caucasus

lindbergi: western Afghanistan

Type locality: “Perimbal sur les montagnes de Talyche” [= Talish Mountains, SE Azerbaijan] Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
Types 
CommentEtymology: Named after “bi-” = two or dual and Latin “vitta, -ae” = band or stripe. 
References
  • Ananjeva, NB, Orlov NL; Khalikov RG; Darevsky IS; Ryabov IS & Barabanov AV 2006. The Reptiles of North Eurasia. Taxonomic Diversity, Distribution, Conservation Status [this comprises the territory of the former Soviet Union and Mongolia]. Pensoft Series Faunistica 47, 250 pp.
  • Anderson, Steven C 1999. The lizards of Iran. Contributions to Herpetology Volume 15, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Saint Louis, Missouri: i-vii, 1-442
  • Arakelyan, M. S.; F. D. Danielyan, C. Corti, R. Sindaco, and A. E. Leviton 2011. The Herpetofauna of Armenia and Naganorno-Karabakh. SSAR, Salt Lake City, 154 pp.
  • Bischoff, W. 1978. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Echsen des Kaukasus. Salamandra 14 (4): 178-202
  • Broadley, Donald G. 1999. Geographic Distribution. Prosymna ambigua bocagii Boulenger, 1897 Bocage's Shovel-snout. African Herp News (29): 44
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1839. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Vol.5. Roret/Fain et Thunot, Paris, 871 pp. - get paper here
  • Engelmann,W.E. et al. 1993. Lurche und Kriechtiere Europas. Neumann Verlag (Radebeul, Germany), 440 pp.
  • Eremchenko, V.K.; Shcherbak, N.N. 1980. Ablepharus lindbergi sp. n. (Reptilia, Sauria, Scincidae) from Afghanistan - a new species of snake-eyed lizard. Vestnik Zoologii 1980 1980 (6): 84-86
  • Ljubisvljevic, Katarina, Georg Dzukic and Milos L. Kalezic 2002. Morphological differentiation of the Snake-eyed Skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory, 1933), in the north-western part of the species' range: systematic implications (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa 14 (3/4):107-121 - get paper here
  • Ménétries, E. 1832. Catalogue raisonné des objets de zoologie recueillis dans un voyage au caucase et jusqu’aux frontières actuelles de la Perse. L’Académie Impériale des Sciences, St. -Pétersbourg - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp.
  • Sindaco, Roberto; Alberto Venchi, Giuseppe M. Carpaneto, Marco A. Bologna 2000. The Reptiles of Anatolia: a Checklist and Zoogeographical analysis. Biogeographia, 21-2000: 441-554.
  • Strauch 1868. Ueber die Arten del' Eidechsen-Gattung Ablepharus (Fitz.). Bull. Ac. Sc. St. Petel'sb. xii: 359-371 or<br />Mél. Biol. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersburg 6: 553-570 - get paper here
  • Szczerbak, N.N. 2003. Guide to the Reptiles of the Eastern Palearctic. Krieger, Malabar, FL, 260 pp. - get paper here
  • Wettstein, O. 1960. Contribution a l’etude de la faune d’Afghanistan. 3. Lacertilia aus Afghanistan. Zool. Anz. 165, 58-63
 
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