Chernov's snake skink (Ophiomorus chernovi) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Western Asia and Central Asia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ophiomorus |
| Species: | O. chernovi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophiomorus chernovi S. Anderson & Leviton, 1966
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Etymology edit
The specific name, chernovi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Sergius Alexandrovich Chernov.[2]
Geographic range edit
O. chernovi is found in Iran and Turkmenistan.[3]
Description edit
O. chernovi has four digits on each front foot, and it has three digits on each hind foot. It has 24 scale rows around the body at midbody. The snout is cuneiform.[3]
Reproduction edit
O. chernovi is viviparous.[3]
References edit
- ^ Shestopal, A.; Borkin, L.; Papenfuss, T. (2017). "Ophiomorus chernovi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T164672A1066198. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T164672A1066198.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ 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. (Ophiomorus chernovi, p. 53).
- ^ a b c Ophiomorus chernovi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
Further reading edit
- Anderson SC, Leviton AE (1966). "A review of the genus Ophiomorus (Sauria: Scincidae), with descriptions of three new forms". Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Fourth Series 33 (16): 499–534. (Ophiomorus chernovi, new species, pp. 503–510, Figures 2a, 2b, 3a).
- Nasrabadi R, Rastegar-Pouyani N, Rastegar-Pouyani E, Gharzi A (2017). "A revised key to the lizards of Iran (Reptilia: Squamata: Lacertilia)". Zootaxa 4227 (3): 431–443.
- Sindaco R, Jeremčenko VK (2008). The Reptiles of the Western Palearctic. 1. Annotated Checklist and Distributional Atlas of the Turtles, Crocodiles, Amphisbaenians and Lizards of Europe, North Africa, Middle East and Central Asia. (Monographs of the Societas Herpetologica Italica). Latina, Italy: Edizioni Belvedere. 580 pp. ISBN 978-88-89504-14-7.
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