Ablepharus bivittatus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	REPTILIA	SQUAMATA	SCINCIDAE

Scientific Name:

Ablepharus bivittatus

Species Authority:

(Menetries, 1832)

Common Name/s:

English

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Two-streaked Snake-eyed Skink

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Least Concern ver 3.1
Year Published:	2009
Assessor/s:	Boris Tuniyev, Natalia Ananjeva, Aram Agasyan, Nikolai Orlov, Sako Tuniyev, and Steven Anderson
Reviewer/s:	Neil Cox and Helen Temple
Contributor/s:
Justification: Listed as Least Concern as although it is naturally rare it has a wide distribution, and because it is unlikely to be declining fast enough to qualify for listing in a more threatened category.

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is present in central and south-eastern Armenia, south-eastern and south-western Azerbaijan, Turkey (Vilayet Van), northern and western Iran (and the Zagros Mountains) and southern Turkmenistan (Kopet Dagh only) (Baran and Atatur, 1998; Anderson, 1999). It is known from between 2,000 (Turkey) and 3,600m (Iran) asl.
Countries:	Native: Armenia (Armenia); Azerbaijan; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Turkey; Turkmenistan
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is found at very low densities in fragmented populations. In Transcaucasia it is found as relatively stable, low density, populations.
Population Trend:	Decreasing

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	It is found in areas with loose rocky slopes, steppe grassland and open thorny shrubland (Baran and Atatur, 1998; Anderson, 1999). Animals hide amongst shrubs when disturbed. Populations can be found in flat area of semi-desert with sparse vegetation. In Transcaucasia it is associated with Astragalus vegetation. Females lay clutches of four to five eggs.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	This species is a habitat specialist that is threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to agricultural conversion, grazing and expanding human populations.

Major Threat(s):

This species is a habitat specialist that is threatened by habitat loss and degradation due to agricultural conversion, grazing and expanding human populations.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. There is a need to maintain areas of suitable habitat for this species.

Conservation Actions:

It is not known if the species is present in any protected areas. There is a need to maintain areas of suitable habitat for this species.

Citation:	Boris Tuniyev, Natalia Ananjeva, Aram Agasyan, Nikolai Orlov, Sako Tuniyev, and Steven Anderson 2009. Ablepharus bivittatus. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 23 May 2013.
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