Eremias pleskei Nikolsky, 1905

=Rhabderemias pleskei Nikolsky, 1905

Chromosome number: 2n= 38 (Stepanyan, 2002)

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Distribution in Armenia

Altitudes: 800-1200 m a.s.l.

Administrative regions: Armavir, Ararat, (Kotayk & Aragatsotn possibly mistakes).

Habitats: Sandy semiderserts and deserts, sandy dunes

 

Global distribution

Asia: Armenia, Nakhichevan, NE Turkey, NW Iran, Azerbaijan

Food: Arthropods, some plants: Achillea tenuifolia, Kokhia prostrata, Nepeta meyeri, Calligonum polygonoides.

Enemies: Snakes, large lizards, birds, cats, foxes

Parasites:

Known trend: No objective data is available. (presumably threatened)

References:

Ananjeva, N.B., Orlov N.L., Khalikov R.G., Darevsky, I.S., Rjabov S.A., Barabanov A.V., 2004. Atlas of Reptiles of Northern Eurasia, "Ivan Fedorov" Print, St. Pererbourg, Russia, 230 pp.

Aslanyan A.V., 2004. An Ecologo-Faunistic Analysis of The Lizards of Armenia. PhD candidate thesys. 172 pp.

Chernov S.A., 1939. [Herpetological Fauna of Armenian SSR and Nakhichevan ASSR] // Zoological Papers, Vol I, (Transactions of Biological Institure, Vol. III). Edition of Armenian Brunch of The USSR Academy of Scienecs, Erevan, 1939, pp. 77-194. (In Russian)
Darevsky I.S., 1957. The Fauna of Reptiles of Armenia and Its Zoogeographical Analysis. PhD Thesis, Yerevan, 468 pp.

Stepanyan I.E., 2002, Study on Systematic Relationsheep Among Some Reptiles of Armenia./ Thesys of The Doctor of Biology, Institute of Zoology, National Academy of Sciences of Republic of Armenia, Yerevan, 26 pp.

Engelmann etc. (1993) Lurche Kriechtiere Europas.
Bedriaga (1907) Annu. Mus. Zool. Acad. Imp�r. Sci. St.-Petersbourg, 10 [1905]: 210-243
Nikolsky (1905) Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci., Phys.-MAth. Classe, St. P�tersbourg, XVII (1): 1-518
Clark etc. (1966) Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Science 55: 1-9
Bischoff (1978) Salamandra 14 (4): 178-202

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