Ablepharus deserti

Strauch, 1868 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Squamata/Scincidae/Ablepharus

At a glance

Occurrence records92

Data sources8

Biological traits1

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections1

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Ablepharus deserti's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility92 records↗

ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI1 eDNA detections↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

On this page6 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources1 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF92 records

Environmental DNA1 datasets · 1 countries1 detections

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

Genome at a glanceGoaT2n = 30

01Narrative

The desert lidless skink (Ablepharus deserti) is a species of skink native to southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, northern Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and eastern Turkmenistan.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDB

Life cycle & reproduction1

Litter size6

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Ablepharus deserti has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

eDNA detections1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Ablepharus deserti carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 30 n = 15

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 301×GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database

GoaT · Animal Chromosome Counts Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type92 records

Wild obs. + sensor79

Museum / vouchered13

Origin

Native2

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO264 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy86% within 1 km

≤100 m 44≤1 km 10≤10 km 7>10 km 2

63 georeferenced · 16 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor79

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km

≤1 km 8≤10 km 2

10 georeferenced · 3 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence13

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Cambridge, US	3
Brussels, BE	3
Chongqing Museumlocation not on record	2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2

4 institutions · 10 of 13 vouchered records shown · 3 without an institution code

09Environmental DNA1 detections

Where the DNA of Ablepharus deserti was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.

Signal

Detections DNA found1

Studies independent surveys1

Countries1

Signal confidence: weakweighed across independent studies, places & mapped detections

Where its DNA was found

0 of 1 detections have coordinates

Open the map1 country0

How strong is each trace?

DNA read depthRead counts were not reported for this species — the map shows presence only, not how strong each trace was.

Modelled climatemodelled

−15°Ctemperature across detection sites+40°C

Temperature median27.7 °C 27.7–27.7

Seasonal swing summer↔winter31.8 °C

Max temp (day)33.9 °C

Min temp (night)21.2 °C

Precipitation1.40 mm/mo

Air humidity41.6 %

Moisture balance-198 mm/mo

Vapour deficit2,171 Pa

Wind speed4.40 m/s

Cloud cover14.8 %

CHELSA 1981–2010, ~9 km grid, at location & month of 1 detection point · median with p10–p90 · reflects where sampling happened, not only the true niche

How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.

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