''Ablepharus tragbulensis'' is a
species
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of
skink
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endemic
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to
South Asia
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.
Geographic range
''A. tragbulensis'' is found in
India
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, and possibly
Pakistan
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.
Type locality: "Tragbal
icPass, at an elevation of about 9,000 feet".
[Alcock 1898.] Tragbul Pass (34° 29' N, 74° 40' E), about NNW of Srinagar, Kashmir">Srinagar.html" ;"title=" Tragbul Pass (34° 29' N, 74° 40' E), about NNW of Srinagar"> Tragbul Pass (34° 29' N, 74° 40' E), about NNW of Srinagar, Kashmir, India and Pakistan, ].
References
Further reading
*Alfred William Alcock, Alcock AW. 1898. ''Report on the Natural History Results of the Pamir Boundary Commission''. Calcutta
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Events
By place Europe
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Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India. 45 pp. + five plates. (''Lygosoma himalayanum'' var. ''tragbulensis'', new variation, p. 36).
*
Das I, Dattagupta B, Gayen N. 1998. Systematic status of ''Lygosoma himalayanum tragbulensis'' Alcock, "1897" 1898 (Sauria: Scincidae) collected by the Pamir boundary commission, 1885. ''Russ. J. Herpetol.'' 5 (2): 147-150.
*
Shea GM,
Greer AE. 2002. From ''Sphenomorphus'' to ''Lipinia'': Generic reassignment of two poorly known New Guinea skinks. ''Journal of Herpetology'' 36 (2): 148-156.
Ablepharus
Reptiles described in 1898
Taxa named by Alfred William Alcock
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