Tyup Game Reserve
Tyup Game Reserve is a protected area in Tup District of Issyk Kul Province of Kyrgyzstan. It was established in 1976 in a basin of Tyup River to protect roe deer, boar, and Cervus elaphus. The reserve occupies 15,000 hectares.
| Tyup Game Reserve | |
|---|---|
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area) | |
| Location |  Kyrgyzstan |
| Nearest city | Karakol |
| Area | 15,000 hectares |
| Established | 1976 |
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. [1]
References
- 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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