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Twin-striped Skink
Ablepharus bivittatus (Menetries, 1832)
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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).
Wikipedia contributors, Twin-striped skink; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:19:26.304088+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Ablepharus bivittatus (Menetries, 1832)
- Name authority
- (Menetries, 1832)
- Common name
- Twin-striped Skink
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Scincidae
- Genus
- Ablepharus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderAutarchoglossa
- familyScincidae
- subfamilyEugongylinae
- genusAblepharus
- speciesAblepharus bivittatus (Menetries, 1832)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Ablepharus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Ablepharus anatolicus Schmidtler, 1997 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Alai ground skinkAblepharus alaicus Elpatjevsky, 1901 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Budak’s Snake-eyed SkinkAblepharus budaki Göcmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Minor Snake-eyed SkinkAblepharus grayanus (Stoliczka, 1872) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Lindberg’s Snake-Eyed SkinkAblepharus lindbergi Wettstein, 1960 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eremchenko’s skinkAblepharus eremchenkoi (Panfilov, 1999) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Himalaya Ground SkinkAblepharus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Mahabharat ground skinkAblepharus mahabharatus (Eremchenko, Shah & Panfilov, 1998) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bronzy-brown SkinkAblepharus sikimmensis (Blyth, 1854) | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Tuolin ground skinkAblepharus tuolinensis Guo, Wang, Tan, WU & Che, 2025 | ScincidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Scincus bivittatus Menetries, 1832 Menetries, 1832 | synonym |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Ablepharus&species=bivittatus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:8L4K. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.