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Mammals
Yellow-bellied Skink / Butsuz Glass Lizard, Snake-like Glass Lizard / Sheltopusik, or Armour Glass Lizard
Amphibians and reptiles

Yellow-bellied Skink / Butsuz Glass Lizard, Snake-like Glass Lizard / Sheltopusik, or Armour Glass Lizard

Sheltopusik Status: Near Threatened (category NT). A rare widely distributed representative of a monotypic genus, with decreasing populations and habitat range in Kyrgyzstan. Listed in the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan [10]. Its distribution is general and within the country. The range extends from the Balkan Peninsula and Crimea through Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan to Western Pakistan, Badakhshan, Central Asia, and Southern Pri Balkhash [1, 2, 10, 15]. In

31.08.2017, 21:00
Gray Monitor / Boz Echkemer, Boz Zemzem / Transcaspian Desert Monitor
Amphibians and reptiles

Gray Monitor / Boz Echkemer, Boz Zemzem / Transcaspian Desert Monitor

Gray Monitor Status: Category CR A4bc; E. In Kyrgyzstan - fragmented populations of the declining [1, 11, 12] South-Turanian subspecies of the southwestern Palaearctic species, at the periphery of its range; the only representative of the family in the region. The subspecies is included in CITES Appendix I, in the Red Books of the USSR (category III) [14], Kazakhstan (II, VU) [10], and all Central Asian states [1, 4, 9, 11, 12, 13], and according to some data

31.08.2017, 20:00
Central Asian Frog / Kyzyl Koltuk Frog / Middle Asia Wood, or Asiatic Brown, Frog
Amphibians and reptiles

Central Asian Frog / Kyzyl Koltuk Frog / Middle Asia Wood, or Asiatic Brown, Frog

Central Asian Frog Status: Category VUB1ab(iv). A mosaic-distributed species with a disjunct and comparatively narrow range, whose population and habitat area are decreasing. The conservation of nearly half of the known populations in Kyrgyzstan seems impossible without special measures. A natural bioindicator of water pollution [20], listed in the Red Book of Kazakhstan [10].

31.08.2017, 16:00
Green Toad
Amphibians and reptiles

Green Toad

Green Toad Status: VU category B2ab(ii,iii,iv); D2. A rare species in Kyrgyzstan, with a sharp decline in population density in recent times. Insufficiently studied taxonomically [28], it is significant as an object of evolutionary research and in terms of preserving the regional gene pool, being one of two representatives of the Bufonidae family in the fauna of the Republic.

31.08.2017, 15:00
Brown Bear \ Ayyu / Brown Bear
Mammals

Brown Bear \ Ayyu / Brown Bear

Brown Bear Status: VII category, Lower Risk/least concerned, LR/lc. A rare subspecies of bear Ursus arctos isabellinus Horsfeld, 1826 inhabits the territory of the republic.

31.08.2017, 13:00
Red Wolf \ Chёё / Asiatic Wild Dog
Mammals

Red Wolf \ Chёё / Asiatic Wild Dog

Red Wolf Status: III category Critically Endangered, CR: R. There have been no confirmed sightings in Kyrgyzstan over the past 50 years. The only representative of the genus in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan and the CIS.

31.08.2017, 12:05
Bukhara Horseshoe Bat
Mammals

Bukhara Horseshoe Bat

Bokhara Horseshoe Bat Status: Category VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. A rare species for Kyrgyzstan, found at the peripheral part of its range.

30.08.2017, 23:30
Common Water Shrew / Eurasian Water Shrew
Mammals

Common Water Shrew / Eurasian Water Shrew

Common Water Shrew Status: Category VI, Near Threatened, NT: R. A rare species for Kyrgyzstan, found on the periphery of its range. The only representative of the genus in Kyrgyzstan.

30.08.2017, 22:00
Long-eared Hedgehog / Brandt's Hedgehog / Brandt’s Hedgehog
Mammals

Long-eared Hedgehog / Brandt's Hedgehog / Brandt’s Hedgehog

Long-eared Hedgehog Status: VIII category, Data Deficit, DD: R. Rare, vulnerable species, single occurrences known in southern Kyrgyzstan. In 1990, Prucha Kaler captured one specimen at an altitude of 1400 m above sea level in southern Kyrgyzstan and found remains of a skull in the pellets of an owl, which he attributed to the dark-eared hedgehog - Paraechinum hypomelas (more accurate name: Hemiechinus (Paraechinus) hypomelas Brandt, 1836 - long-eared hedgehog).

30.08.2017, 21:00
Whooper Swan
Birds

Whooper Swan

Whooper Swan Status: Category VII, Least Concern, LC. Rare breeding species. One of seven species of the genus in the global fauna and one of three in the fauna of Kyrgyzstan. Monotypic species.

30.08.2017, 16:00
Black Grouse
Birds

Black Grouse

Black Grouse Status: Category VI, Near Threatened: R. The subspecies L. t. mongolicus (Lonnberg, 1904) inhabits the Tian Shan mountains.

30.08.2017, 14:00
Chicherin's Root Borer
Arthropods

Chicherin's Root Borer

Tschitscherin’s Root Borer Status: Category II (VUB2ab(iii)). A narrowly distributed rare species, sporadically inhabiting areas of economic activity [11]. It belongs to a relict genus represented in the fauna of the republic by five species [12], and has aesthetic and scientific significance in the aspects of zoogeography and genetic conservation.

30.08.2017, 13:00
Fergana Sprayer / Fergana Burkyokchu / Fergana Ground Beetle
Arthropods

Fergana Sprayer / Fergana Burkyokchu / Fergana Ground Beetle

Fergana Ground Beetle Status: Category II (VUB1ab(iii)+2ab(iii)c(iii,iv); C2b). A narrowly distributed rare species, sporadically inhabiting areas of economic activity [11], entomophagous. One of two species of the relict oligotypic subgenus, endemic to the Fergana Mountain Range [30], it has scientific significance in terms of zoogeography and genetic conservation.

30.08.2017, 11:30
Galatea Steed / Galatea Bug / Galatea Tiger Beetle
Arthropods

Galatea Steed / Galatea Bug / Galatea Tiger Beetle

Galatea Tiger Beetle Status: Category I (EN B1ab(iv)+2ab(iii,iv)). A narrowly endemic species with a fragmented distribution and decreasing population due to habitat destruction. The taxon has scientific significance in the aspects of zoogeography [31] and conservation of genetic diversity. An entomophage, it has aesthetic value; it is the only representative of the genus in the republic. Listed in the Red Book of Uzbekistan (category VUr D2) [23].

30.08.2017, 10:52
Steppe Dybka / Ayman Katydid / Matriarchal Katydid, Predatory Bush Cricket
Arthropods

Steppe Dybka / Ayman Katydid / Matriarchal Katydid, Predatory Bush Cricket

Steppe Katydid Status: Category II (VU Alc; B2ab(iii,iv); D1+2). A relic steppe species with decreasing numbers; included in the Red Book of the USSR in 1984 (Category II) [26], in IUCN RLTS (Category VU B1+2bd based on an assessment conducted in 1996) [76], and in the Red Book of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Category EN D) [23]. The only one of 12 species of the genus that extends beyond the Mediterranean region.

29.08.2017, 11:00
Crowned Bulbous-Body / Tiken Tail Needle / Coronate Spiketail
Arthropods

Crowned Bulbous-Body / Tiken Tail Needle / Coronate Spiketail

Coronate Spiketail Status: Category II (VUA4bc; B2b(iii,iv); D2). A locally occurring species with a declining population trend. All populations of the subspecies are fragmented, small, and vulnerable. It is of interest for zoogeography, study, and conservation of the regional gene pool. S. coronatus was previously considered a subspecies of ^rdulegaster insignis (Schneider, 1852) [12, 26, etc.], which was included in the Red Book of the USSR in 1984 (Category III) [26]. An

29.08.2017, 10:00
Spider Tricholatis relicta / Tricholatis relict jörgëmushu / Ovchinnikov’s Relic Spider
Arthropods

Spider Tricholatis relicta / Tricholatis relict jörgëmushu / Ovchinnikov’s Relic Spider

Tricholathys relicta Status: Category II (VU B2ac(iii); C2b). A very rare, narrowly localized endemic species. It has significant scientific importance due to its unique morphological and distribution characteristics. The absence of a functional cribellum and calamistrum is unique within the subfamily Tricholathysinae [83]. In the Eastern Hemisphere, it is the only representative of the genus, while other species are found in the western regions of the USA [83].

29.08.2017, 09:00
Issyk-Kul Marinka / Carp Fish / Issyk-Kul Marinka
Fish

Issyk-Kul Marinka / Carp Fish / Issyk-Kul Marinka

Issyk-Kul Marinka Status: 2 [EN: D]. A rare taxon inhabiting Lake Issyk-Kul. Its independent species status was established in 1953 [10]. An endemic species with declining numbers, it has commercial significance.

29.08.2017, 06:00
Pike Asp / Kashka / Pike Asp
Fish

Pike Asp / Kashka / Pike Asp

Pike Asp Status: 2 [CR: A]. Listed in the Red Book of the Kyrgyz SSR in 1984. A rare species inhabiting the basins of the Amudarya and Syrdarya rivers. In Kyrgyzstan, there have been no recorded catches in recent years. It may already be extinct. An endemic species of Central Asia with commercial significance.

29.08.2017, 02:37
Kolpakovski's Blueflag
Fungi and higher plants

Kolpakovski's Blueflag

Iridodictyum Kolpakovski Status: VU. A species with a reducing range and population. It deserves attention as an early-flowering plant for squares and parks that does not require watering.

28.08.2017, 09:00
Kaufmann's Tulip
Fungi and higher plants

Kaufmann's Tulip

Kaufmann’s Tulip Status: VU. An endemic species of the Western Tien Shan. Highly decorative: the most beautiful, early-flowering tulip of Kyrgyzstan. Characterized by high intraspecific variability. Widely used in breeding.

27.08.2017, 18:00