title: Ablepharus eremchenkoi
text: # Ablepharus eremchenkoi
  
  Ablepharus eremchenkoi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
  
  ## Etymology
  
  The specific name, eremchenkoi, is in honor of Russian herpetologist Valery Konstantinovich Eremchenko (also published as Jeremčenko).
  
  ## Geographic range
  
  A. eremchenkoi is found in southern Kazakhstan and northwestern Kyrgyzstan.
  
  ## Habitat
  
  The preferred natural habitat of A. eremchenkoi is rocky areas, at altitudes of 2,500–3,300 m (8,200–10,800 ft).
  
  