About the desert lidless skink Ablepharus deserti in Kazakhstan and parapatry of A. deserti and Asymblepharus alaicus (Reptilia: Scincidae)

T.N. Dujsebayeva

Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS, 2015, 319(2): 282–303   ·   https://doi.org/10.31610/trudyzin/2015.319.2.282

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Abstract

A retrospective analysis of the data on distribution of the Desert Lidless Skink, Ablepharus deserti Strauch, 1876 in Kazakhstan is undertaken. Based on new species records and museum collection revision a view on Ablepharus deserti distribution in the republic is markedly expended. The perspectives in the study of territorial and ecological interrelations of Ablepharus deserti and Asymblepharus alaicus in the mountain foothills of Western and Northern Tien-Shan are outlined.

Key words

Ablepharus deserti, Asymblepharus alaicus, Kazakhstan, geographic distribution, ecological parapatry

Submitted December 11, 2014  ·  Accepted April 2, 2015  ·  Published June 25, 2015

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