Yuliya Zima

• Researcher at Institute of Zoology, Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan

In more recent publications, the range of Central Asian Desert Monitor Varanus griseus caspius (Eichwald, 1831) for entire Central Asia, as well as for individual republics, is shown either quite conditionally and in general terms, or distribution maps are presented as points of findings. We summarized and analyzed all available sources of informat...

Over the last 100 years, the range of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia asiatica (Linnaeus, 1758) in Kazakhstan has greatly diminished ; it has entirely disappeared in its former eastern and northern ranges, while the number of nesting sites has decreased in the remaining part of its habitat. Te most recent specialized studies on the distribution of...

The aim of this study was to estimate the occurrence of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) infection and to assess the population immunity in cattle vaccinated against BVDV in different regions of Kazakhstan. Cattle samples were collected in 12 oblasts (43 districts) of Kazakhstan. A total of 2477 cattle from 114 herds and 21 Bukhara deer (Cervus e...

For three species of snakes of the viper family - the eastern steppe viper (Vipera renardi), common european adder (Vipera berus) and Halys pit viper (Gloydius halys), an analysis of literary sources, collection materials, electronic resources, as well as personal and survey information was performed. Based on these data, the potential range of spe...

This work provides information on new finds of amphibians and reptiles in the Akmola region (Kazakhstan), collected by the authors during the period from 2013 to 2019, as well as information from colleagues. Information is provided for the following species: the Moor frog (Rana arvalis), 1842, the Sand lizard (Lacerta agilis), 1758, the Common liza...

Short message about confirmation of habitat of the Schneider's skink (Eumeces schneideri) in South Kazakhstan.

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Translation of the article: Zima, Yu.A. 2016. On the toxicity of the desert monitor (Varanus griseus) bite. Selevinia 24: 162-163. [In Russian]

Studies in 2008 – 2016 clarified the northeastern border of the range of the subspecies Varanus griseus caspius (Eichwald, 1831) within Kazakhstan territory and provided the data on its occurrence. New data showed that the monitor is wide-spread in more eastern regions than it was known previously, reaching as far as Saryagash town (Southern Kazakh...

As part of the study in 2014-2015 years, additional information about daily and seasonal activity of desert monitor was obtained. In good weather conditions in May-June desert monitor’s activity takes place between 7.40 am and 8.20 pm, and activity peak reaches its maximum at 10.00 – 11.00 am. Time of an exit of desert monitor from wintering shelte...

The paper presents data on the morphological variability of the desert monitor (Varanus griseus) from the South and South-East Kyzylkums (Southern Kazakhstan, 16 females, 14 males, 7 semiadults and 7 juveniles). We observe sexual dimorphism: males have larger body, head and tail sizes. Analysis of age-related changes in body size showed that with a...

Ecological Niche Modeling for the Desert monitor in Kazakhstan based on climate dataset BioClim, WorldClim, Global-PET. The preliminary model of the ecological niche of the Desert monitor shows a high degree of concurrency with the ideas of the distribution of the Desert monitor in Kazakhstan. As potential habitats for the Desert monitor, one can c...

The case of receiving a bite of a Desert monitor (Varanus griseus caspius) is described. Also described are the symptoms and the course of toxicological poisoning. Also described are the symptoms and the course of toxicological poisoning due to a bite.

The article presents new data on the boundaries of the range of the Central Asian subspecies of the Desert monitor in Uzbekistan, the state of the population size, the main limiting factors affecting the reduction of natural habitats, protection measures.

The article presents new data on the distribution of the Desert monitor Varanus griseus (Daudin, 1803) in Kazakhstan, as well as the biotopic distribution of the northeastern boundary of the range.

The paper summarizes most important new data on distribution of 5 amphian and 28 reptilian species, which were got during first decade of XXI century in’Kazakhstan, and evaluates them in the light of previously known information. All the finds are classified in few categories among which the most important are the following: 1 – the finds registere...