Chernov's skink

Chernov's skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ablepharus
Species: A. chernovi
Binomial name
Ablepharus chernovi
Darevsky, 1953
Subspecies
  • Ablepharus chernovi chernovi
  • Ablepharus chernovi eiselti
  • Ablepharus chernovi isauriensis
  • Ablepharus chernovi ressli
Synonyms
  • Ablepharus kitaibelii chernovi

Chernov's skink (Ablepharus chernovi ) is a species of skink native to Armenia, eastern Turkey, northern Syria, and the valleys of the Arax River, Zanga River, and Razden Rivers in the Caucasus. The species was included in Red Data Book of the USSR in 1984, and in that of Armenia 3 years later.[1]

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Russian herpetologist Sergius Alexandrovich Chernov.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Ananjeva, Natalia B. (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.
  2. ↑ 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).


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