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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ablepharus |
| Species: | A. chernovi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ablepharus chernovi Darevsky, 1953 | |
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Four, see text. | |
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| Synonyms [2] | |
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Chernov's skink (Ablepharus chernovi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to northern Eurasia.
A. chernovi is native to Armenia, eastern Turkey, northern Syria, and the valleys of the Arax River and the Hrazdan River in the Caucasus. [3] Records from Syria may represent another species, A. rueppellii . [1]
A. chernovi was included in Red Data Book of the USSR in 1984, and in that of Armenia three years later. [3]
The specific name, chernovi, is in honour of Russian herpetologist Sergius Alexandrovich Chernov. [4]
Four subspecies of Ablepharus chernovi are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. [2]
The preferred natural habitats of A. chernovi are grassland, shrubland, and forest, at altitudes of 500–2,200 m (1,600–7,200 ft). [1]
A. chernovi is oviparous. [2] An adult female may lay a clutch of up to four eggs in June. [1]
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