Ustyurt plateau NEW RECORDS OF THE DIADEM SNAKE SPALEROSOPHIS DIADEMA (SQUAMATA, COLUBRIDAE) IN KAZAKHSTAN Authors: Pestov M. V., Gnetneva A. N., Dieterich T. P., Nurmukhambetov Z. E., Mukhashov A. T. The paper presents seven new records of the diadem snake Spalerosophis diadema in Kazakhstan in 2016 - 2017. It is proposed to include this species into the Red Data Book of Kazakhstan.