Amphibians and reptiles

Renard's Meadow Viper

Renard’s Meadow Viper Status: Category VUA4bc. A subspecies of the south-west Palaearctic species, mosaic distribution in the Black Sea-North Turan region; in Kyrgyzstan - sporadically encountered, with a decreasing population. It is kept in serpentariums for venom extraction - pharmaceutical raw material. The species is included in the IUCN RLTS with the category EN A1c+2c [27] and in the Red Book of Uzbekistan [13], and European populations are listed in Appendix I of CITES

01.09.2017, 05:00

Amphibians and reptiles

Spotted or Diadem, Rat Snake / Charala Soilok / Diadem, or Clifford’s Rat Snake

Spotted or Diadem Snake Status: Critically Endangered (category CR C2b). One of the 4 known subspecies of the south-west Palaearctic species, with a southern Turanian distribution; in Kyrgyzstan - 1-3 isolated critically low populations (possibly already extinct) at the edge of the species range, in areas of anthropogenic impact on habitats.

01.09.2017, 04:00

Amphibians and reptiles

Eastern Sand Boa / Chygys Kumchul Muuntkuchu / Tatary Sand Boa

Eastern Sand Boa Status: Near Threatened (NT). One of 10 species of the genus, which includes small representatives of the family, all species of which are included in CITES Appendix II [4 and others]. In Kyrgyzstan, it is a rare species, with its habitat decreasing; the species is listed in the Red Books of Turkmenistan, where it is local and rare [4] (category III), and Tajikistan (category 2) [13].

01.09.2017, 02:00

Amphibians and reptiles

Schneider's Gold Skink / Kadimka Tartak Skink

Schneider’s Gold Skink Status: Category ENB1ab(iii). A sporadically distributed south-Turanian subspecies of a south-west Palaearctic species, represented in Kyrgyzstan by scattered very small populations [19, 20], vulnerable at the periphery of the species' range; included in the Red Data Book of Tajikistan (category 2) [12].

01.09.2017, 01:00

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

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

Amphibians and reptiles

Said-Aliev's Round-Headed Agama / Said-Aliev's Toad Agama / Said-Aliev’s Sunwatcher

Said-Aliev’s Toad Agama Status: Vulnerable (category VUBlab(iii)). A narrowly distributed relic species, endemic to the foothills of the western part of the Fergana Valley [23, 7], whose numbers are declining. It is listed in the Red Books of Tajikistan (category 2) [12] and Uzbekistan (category EN 1ab(i-v)) [13].

31.08.2017, 18:00

Amphibians and reptiles

Central Asian Tortoise \ Orto Asia Tortoise / Steppe, or Afghan, Tortoise

Central Asian Tortoise Status: VU Blab (ii, iii, v); Cl. A representative of a monotypic genus, decreasing in number, listed in IUCN RLTS (VU A2d) [27] and in Appendix II of CITES [4 and others]; in Kyrgyzstan, it is endangered due to habitat change and capture.

31.08.2017, 17:00

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

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

Amphibians and reptiles

Amphibians and Reptiles

The herpetofauna of Kyrgyzstan is generally impoverished, which is explained by the physical and climatic features of the territory, a significant part of which is occupied by high mountains with a harsh climate, and the lifestyle of amphibians and reptiles, which are the most thermophilic animals among vertebrate classes. Thus, there are nearly 5000 species of amphibians known worldwide, while only four species are found in the republic, one of which (the lake frog, a "complex"

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