Chernov's skink

Chernov's skink (Ablepharus chernovi ) is a species of skinks, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to northern Eurasia.

Chernov's skink
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Ablepharus
Species:	A. chernovi
Binomial name
Ablepharus chernovi Darevsky, 1953
Subspecies
Four, see text.
Synonyms[1]
Ablepharus chernovi Darevsky, 1953 Ablepharus kitaibelii cernovi Bischoff, 1978 (ex errore) Ablepharus kitaibelii chernovi — Engelmann et al., 1993 Ablepharus chernovi chernovi — J.F. Schmidtler, 1997

Geographic range

A. chernovi is native to Armenia, eastern Turkey, northern Syria, and the valleys of the Arax River, Zanga River, and Razden Rivers in the Caucasus.[2]

Conservation status

A. chernovi was included in Red Data Book of the USSR in 1984, and in that of Armenia 3 years later.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, chernovi, is in honour of Russian herpetologist Sergius Alexandrovich Chernov.[3]

Subspecies

Four subspecies of Ablepharus chernovi are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.[1]

• Ablepharus chernovi chernovi Darevsky, 1953
• Ablepharus chernovi eiselti J.F. Schmidtler, 1997
• Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis J.F. Schmidtler, 1997
• Ablepharus chernovi ressli J.F. Schmidtler, 1997

References

1. Species Ablepharus chernovi at The Reptile Database
2. Ananjeva, Natalia B.; et al. (2006). The Reptiles of Northern Eurasia. Zoological Museum of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences. 47. Pensoft. p. 70. ISBN 978-954-642-269-9. ISSN 1312-0174.
3. 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. (Ablepharus chernovi, p. 53).

Further reading

• Darevsky IS (1953). "[Ablepharus chernovi sp. nov. (Reptilia, Sauria) from the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic]". Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow 58 (2): 39–41. (Ablepharus chernovi, new species). (in Russian).