Eumeces schneideri
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Schneider's Skink (Eumeces schneideri) is a species of skink. Named after the German zoologist, Johann Gottlob Schneider.
[edit] Geographic distribution
- E Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sinai, Israel,
- Cyprus, Turkey, W Syria, Lebanon,
- Jordan, Iran (Kavir desert), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Transcaucasia, Russia (Dagestan), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,
- E Georgia, S Armenia, Azerbaijan, Asia Minor,
- Afghanistan, Pakistan, NW India
Race princeps: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Caucasus Race zarudnyi: SE Iranian Plateau in Kerman, Baluchistan and Sistan Provinces, Iran; Helmand Basin and southern desert regions of Afghanistan; Baluchistan and Mekran Coast of Pakistan. Type locality: Bazman, Iran (restricted by Taylor , 1935).
[edit] External links
- EMBL reptile database
- http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Novoeumeces_schneiderii.jpg
- Eumeces schneideriatThe Checklist of Armenia's Amphibians and Reptiles at Tadevosyan's Herpetological Resources. Accessed 30 March 2007.
[edit] References
- Caputo V. Odierna G. Aprea G. Capriglione T. 1993 Eumeces algeriensis - a full species of the Eumeces schneiderii group (Scincidae) - karyological and morphological evidence. Amphibia-Reptilia 14 (2): 187-193
- Göçmen, Bayram; Asaf Senol and Ahmet Mermer 2002 A new record of Schneider's Skink, Eumeces schneideri Daudin, 1802 (Sauria: Scincidae) from Cyprus. Zoology of the Middle East 27: 19-22
- Griffith, H., A. Ngo & R. W. Murphy 2000 A cladistic evaluation of the cosmopolitan genus Eumeces Wiegmann (Reptilia, Squamata, Scincidae). Russ. J. Herpetol. 7 (1): 1-16
- Mertens, Robert 1920 Über die geographischen Formen von Eumeces schneideri Daudin. Senckenbergiana 2 (6): 176-179
- Mertens, Robert 1924 Dritte Mitteilung über die Rassen der Glattechse Eumeces schneiderii. Senckenbergiana 27: 53-62 (1946?)
- Mertens, Robert 1924 Herpetologische Mitteilungen: V. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntnis der geographischen Formen von Eumeces schneiderii Daudin. Senckenbergiana 6: 182-184
- Taylor, E. H. 1936 A taxonomic study of the cosmopolitan lizards of the genus Eumeces with an account of the distribution and relationship of its species. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 23 (14): 1-643 [1935]
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