Tüp Game Reserve

Tüp Game Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)
Map showing the location of Tüp Game Reserve
Map showing the location of Tüp Game Reserve
Location in Kyrgyzstan
Location Kyrgyzstan
Nearest cityKarakol
Coordinates42°38′N 79°10′E / 42.633°N 79.167°E / 42.633; 79.167
Area15,000 hectares
Established1976

Tüp Game Reserve (Kyrgyz: Түп зоологиялык (аң уулоочу) заказниги) is a protected area in Tüp District of Issyk-Kul Region of Kyrgyzstan.[1] It is situated on the north side of the Teskey Alatoo mountain range, in the basin of the rivers Tüp and Karkyra.[2] Its purpose is to protect roe deer, boar, and Cervus elaphus. Established in 1976, the reserve occupies 15,000 hectares.[2]

Fauna

Mountain meadows and rock outcrops are inhabited by Central Asiatic frog, European green toad, Dione rat snake, Asymblepharus alaicus, Gloydius, narrow-skulled vole, silver mountain vole, shrew, chukar partridge, Daurian partridge, common quail, rock pigeon, etc. [3]

References

  1. ^ "Tyup". protected planet.
  2. ^ a b "Түп заказниги" [Tüp Reserve] (PDF). Кыргызстандын Географиясы [Geography of Kyrgyzstan] (in Kyrgyz). Bishkek. 2004. p. 311.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Иссык-Куль. Нарын:Энциклопедия [Encyclopedia of Issyk-Kul and Naryn Oblasts] (in Russian). Frunze: Chief Editorial Board of Kyrgyz Soviet Encyclopedia. 1994. p. 512. ISBN 5897500096.


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