Twin-striped skink

Twin-striped skink

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Ablepharus
Species:	A. bivittatus
Binomial name
*Ablepharus bivittatus* Menetries, 1832
Subspecies
Ablepharus bivittatus bivittatus Ablepharus bivittatus lindbergi

Synonyms
Ablepharus menestriesii Scincus bivittatus

The twin-striped skink (Ablepharus bivittatus) is a skink native to Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, northwestern Iran and Turkey. It is generally found at elevations between 2,300 metres (7,500 ft) and 3,300 metres (10,800 ft). The lindbergi subspecies is restricted to western Afghanistan.^[1]

References

↑ Ananjeva, N. B. (2006). The Reptiles of Northern Euroasia. Pensoft. ISBN 954-642-269-X. ISSN 1312-0174.

External links

Species Ablepharus bivittatus at The Reptile Database

Lizards in the Ablepharus genus

Ablepharus bivittatus Ablepharus budaki Ablepharus chernovi Ablepharus darvazi Ablepharus deserti Ablepharus grayanus Ablepharus kitaibelii Ablepharus pannonicus Ablepharus rueppellii

Snake families

Chordata Reptilia Squamata Serpentes

Alethinophidia	Acrochordidae Aniliidae Anomochilidae Atractaspididae Boidae Bolyeriidae Colubridae Cylindrophiidae Elapidae Loxocemidae Pythonidae Tropidophiidae Uropeltidae Viperidae Xenopeltidae

Scolecophidia	Anomalepididae Leptotyphlopidae Typhlopidae

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