Ablepharus chernovi DAREVSKY, 1953
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Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
Subspecies | Ablepharus chernovi chernovi DAREVSKY 1953 Ablepharus chernovi eiselti SCHMIDTLER 1997 Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis SCHMIDTLER 1997 Ablepharus chernovi ressli SCHMIDTLER 1997 |
Common Names | E: Chernov’s Skink |
Synonym | Ablepharus 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 |
Distribution | Armenia, 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 |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: 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] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: “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). Additional details (1324 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Distribution: For a map in Turkey see Bozkurt et al. 2020: 135 (Fig. 1). |
Etymology | Named 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. |
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