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Alsophylax szczerbaki GOLUBEV & SATTAROV, 1979

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Higher TaxaGekkonidae, Gekkota, Sauria, Squamata (lizards: geckos)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Szczerbak’s Even-fingered Gecko 
SynonymAlsophylax loricatus szczerbaki GOLUBEV & SATTAROV 1979
Alsophylax loricatus szczerbaki — SZCZERBAK & GOLUBEV 1996: 68
Alsophylax szczerbaki — JEREMČENKO & PANFILOV 1999
Alsophylax szczerbaki — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008 
DistributionTurkmenistan

Type locality: Eastern Turkmenia: Kunya-Urgench.  
Reproductionoviparous (not imputed, fide Zimin et al. 2022) 
TypesHolotype: NMNHU (formerly ZIK) 13, adult male; paratypes: NMW 
DiagnosisDIAGNOSIS. Nostril between rostral, first supralabial, large supranasal scales, and two additional small nasal scales; two postsupranasal scales, variously defined, separated from each other by one (89%) or two (11%) scales; three to six small loreal scales distinctly smaller than supranasals. (Szczerbak & Golubev 1996) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Nikolai Nikolaevich Szczerbak (1927-1998), Ukrainian herpetologist who was arrested by the NKVD (Secret Police) and imprisoned in the Gulag (1948-1954). See Adler 1999 for more details. 
References
  • Adler, Kraig 1999. Nikolai Nikolaevich Szczerbak (31 October 1927-27 January 1998). Gekko 1 (1): 36-37
  • 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.
  • Gemel, R.; G. Gassner & S. Schweiger 2019. Katalog der Typen der Herpetologischen Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien – 2018. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, B 121: 33–248 - get paper here
  • Golubev, M. L., and T. Sattarov. 1979. On subspecies of Alsophylax loricatus Strauch, 1887 (Reptilia, Sauria, Gekkonidae) [in Russian]. Vestnik Zoologii, Kiev 1979 (5):18—24.
  • Rösler, H. 2000. Kommentierte Liste der rezent, subrezent und fossil bekannten Geckotaxa (Reptilia: Gekkonomorpha). Gekkota 2: 28-153
  • Rösler, Herbert 1997. Paläarktische Geckos (Reptilia: Gekkota) Teil I: Historischer Überblick, Geographie und Klima, Verbreitung. Sauria 19 (1): 17-28 - get paper here
  • Shcherbak, N. N. [= Szczerbak], and M. L. Golubev 1996. Gecko fauna of the USSR and contiguous regions. SSAR [Russian original published in 1986]. [book review in Salamandra 36 (2): 138]
  • Sindaco, R. & Jeremcenko, V.K. 2008. The reptiles of the Western Palearctic. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina (Italy), 579 pp. - get paper here
  • Szczerbak, N.N. 2003. Guide to the Reptiles of the Eastern Palearctic. Krieger, Malabar, FL, 260 pp. - get paper here
  • Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton 2022. A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16 - get paper here
 
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