Ablepharus eremchenkoi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ablepharus |
| Species: | A. eremchenkoi
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| Ablepharus eremchenkoi (Panfilov, 1999)
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Etymology
editThe specific name, eremchenkoi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Valery Konstantinovich Eremchenko[3] (also published as Jeremčenko).
Geographic range
editA. eremchenkoi is found in southern Kazakhstan and northwestern Kyrgyzstan.[1][2]
Habitat
editThe preferred natural habitat of A. eremchenkoi is rocky areas, at altitudes of 2,500–3,300 m (8,200–10,800 ft).[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Shestopal, A.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Nuridjanov, D.; Golynsky, E.; Borkin, L.; Milto, K. (2017). "Asymblepharus eremchenkoi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T47756079A47756082. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T47756079A47756082.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b c Ablepharus eremchenkoi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 22 March 2015.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Asymblepharus eremchenkoi, p. 84).
Further reading
edit- 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. (Ablepharus eremchenkoi, new combination).
- Panfilov AM (1999). "Mejpopyliatsionnie otioshenniia i vidovaia prinadkejnosty gornykh ligozomiykh kompleksa Asymblepharus alaicus Severo-Zapadnogo i Vnutrennego Tian-Shannia". Izvestija nacional'noj Akademii Nauk Kyrghyzskoj Respubliki 1: 51–55. (Asymblepharus eremchenkoi, new species). (in Russian).
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7. (Asymblepharus eremchenkoi).