Tenuidactylus turcmenicus (Szczerbak, 1978)

Jablonski, Daniel, Khalili, Faizurrahman & Masroor, Rafaqat, 2023, The herpetofaunal diversity of Takhar Province, Afghanistan, Herpetozoa 36, pp. 73-90 : 73

Tenuidactylus turcmenicus (Szczerbak, 1978)

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Takhar records.

Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh), 36.7426°N, 69.5163°E, 791 m a.s.l., 31 May 2020, wall of a house in the village, one adult individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 183); Bay Yawa (Qizilqiya), 37.4301°N, 69.7150°E, 694 m a.s.l., 2 September 2021, sandy cave, one adult individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 200); Bay Yawa (Qizilqiya), 37.4289°N, 69.7136°E, 703 m a.s.l., 2 September 2021, sandy cave, one adult individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 201); Bay Yawa (Sukhtedere), 37.4084°N, 69.6967°E, 834 m a.s.l., 2 September 2021, stony habitat, five observed individuals of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 203); Khilyazi Payan, 37.4384°N, 69.7319°E, 705 m a.s.l., 13 September 2021, sandy stones, one subadult individual of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 208); Bay yawa sharqi (Tundi Aman), 37.4568°N, 69.7385°E, 777 m a.s.l., 13 September 2021, sandy stones, one adult individual (CUHC-PA 211); Khilyazi payan, 37.4273°N, 69.7650°E, 947 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, two adult individuals of unknown sex (CUHC-PA 219); Khilyazi payan near primary school, 37.4358°N, 69.7461°E, 765 m a.s.l., 15 September 2021, rocky habitat, one subadult individual (CUHC-PA 221).

Distribution in Afghanistan.

It is known from Badakhshan, Badghis, Balkh, Farah, Faryab, Jowzjan, Kunduz, Samangan and Takhar Provinces ( Wagner et al. 2016; Jablonski et al. 2019a, b, 2021), representing 26% of all provinces.

Chorotype.

Turanian.

Remarks.

The species is already known from Takhar Province (specimens CAS 120317-21, CAS 121069). This species could be confused with T. caspius or other species of the genus. Thus, the extralimital record of the species from Farah Province (NMW 15879) should be verified and genetic research covering different populations of northern Afghanistan is needed. In this context, we corrected the locality and coordinates mentioned by Wagner et al. (2016) for ZMUC R-34128. This specimen is from Fayzabad in Badakhshan Province, collected on 21 March 1949 (D. Scherz, pers. comm.).

Figures

Figure 6. Herpetofaunistic records of Anguidae, Gekkonidae, Lacertidae, Scincidae and Varanidae from Takhar Province in the context of updated records from Afghanistan (white dots: published data; red dots: new data).

Figure 7. A. Adult individual of the Trapelus agilis complex from Bay Yawa (Tally Dere) (CUHC-PA 191); B. Adult individual of the T. agilis complex Khilyazi payan (CUHC-PA 210); C. Juvenile individual of Pseudopus apodus from Bay Yawa (CUHC-PA 160); D. Adult male of P. apodus from Bay Yawa (Shamal Dere) (CUHC-PA 161); E. Subadult individual of Tenuidactylus caspius from Bay Yawa (CUHC-PA 192); F. Adult individual of Tenuidactylus turcmenicus from Taleqan (Gulayi Bagh) (CUHC-PA 183); G. Adult individual of T. turcmenicus from Bay Yawa (Qizilqiya) (CUHC-PA 200); H. Adult individual of T. turcmenicus from Khilyazi payan (CUHC-PA 211).