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Ablepharus mahabharatus (EREMCHENKO, SHAH & PANFILOV, 1998)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Mahabharat ground skink 
SynonymAsymblepharus mahabharatus EREMCHENKO, SHAH & PANFILOV in EREMCHENKO et al. 1998
Asymblepharus (Himalablepharus) mahabharatus — EREMCHENKO 2003
Himalblepharus [sic] mahabharatus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Ablepharus mahabharatus — MIRZA et al. 2022
Asymblepharus mahabharatus — LINDKEN et al. 2024 
DistributionNepal (Mahabharat Range)

Type locality: "Central of Nepal, northern slope of Mahabharat mountain range, along Bhainse-Pass Daman" (27° 33'N; 85° 03'E)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: ZMZ (given as SH 609/1996); SH 609 (paratype), Zürich, Switzerland 
Diagnosis 
CommentAuthorship: The first author is sometimes cited as YERIOMCHENKO, EREMCHENKO, or JERJOMTSCHENKO. We use the spelling “EREMCHENKO” to consolidate these spelling variants.

Abundance: Rare. 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Eremchenko, V. K 2003. Generic and specific redefinition and redescription of the North-Vietnam skink (Scincella melanosticta (Boulenger, 1887). Izvestiya Vuzov (= Proceedings of Universitities and Institutes), Bishkek, (1-2): 20-28
  • Eremchenko, V.; Helfenberger,N.; K. B. Shah & A. M. Panfilov 1998. Two new species of skinks (Scincidae: Ligosominae [sic]) from Nepal [in Russian]. News nat. Acad. Sci. Kirgiz Republik, Bishkek (4): 41-45
  • Kästle , W., Rai, K. & Schleich, H.H. 2013. FIELD GUIDE to Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. ARCO-Nepal e.V., 625 pp. - get paper here
  • Mirza ZA, Bragin AM, Bhosale H, Gowande GG, Patel H, Poyarkov NA. 2022. A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group. PeerJ 10:e12800 - get paper here
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
 
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