Ablepharus bivittatus

Bozkurt, Emin & B, Kurtuluş Olgun, 2020, Taxonomic investigation of the genus Ablepharus (Sauria; Scincidae) with molecular and morphological methods in Anatolian populations, Turkish Journal of Zoology 44 (2), pp. 134-145 : 142

A. bivittatus tends to be different in terms of PW/SVL and BW/SVL characteristics from the other taxa ( Figure 5 ).

A total of 49.00% of originally grouped cases were correctly classified. Similarly, 90.50% of A. bivittatus and A. budaki budaki , 71.40% A. budaki anatolicus , and 82.10% A. kitaibelii kitaibelii were found to be accurately classified within their taxa. As a result, the discriminant function and descriptive analysis highly supports species and subspecies separation for the Ablepharus genus.

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Figure 5. Discriminant function analysis of PW/SVL and BW/SVL of the eight Ablepharus taxa in Anatolia.