Ablepharus

Ablepharus pannonicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Ablepharus
Species (19): A. alaicus – A. anatolicus – A. bivittatus – A. budaki – A. chernovi – A. darvazi – A. deserti – A. eremchenkoi – A. grayanus – A. himalayanus – A. kitaibelii – A. ladacensis – A. lindbergi – A. mahabharatus – A. nepalensis – A. pannonicus – A. rueppellii – A. sikimmensis – A. tragbulensis

Name

Ablepharus Lichtenstein, 1823: 103

• Type species: Scincus pannonicus Fitzinger, 1824, by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Asymblepharus Eremchenko & Szczerbak, 1980 [synonymised by Mirza et al. (2022: 7)]
  • Type species: Ablepharus alaicus Elpatjevsky, 1901, by original designation.

• Himalblepharus Eremchenko, 1987 [synonymised by Mirza et al. (2022: 7)]
  • Type species: Mocoa sikkimensis Blyth, 1854, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Lichtenstein, M.H.C. 1823. Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen. 118 pp. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss./ T. Trautwein, Berlin. BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.40281 Reference page. 
• Mirza, Z.A., Bragin, A.M., Bhosale, H., Gowande, G.G., Patel, H. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2022. A new ancient lineage of ablepharine skinks (Sauria: Scincidae) from eastern Himalayas with notes on origin and systematics of the group. PeerJ 10: e12800. DOI: 10.7717/peerj.12800 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Poulakakis, N., Lymberakis, P., Tsigenopoulos, C.S., Magoulas, A. & Mylonas, M. 2005. Phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria: Scincidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(2): 245–256. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2004.10.006 Reference page. 
• Skourtanioti, E., Kapli, P., Ilgaz, C., Kumlutaş, Y., Avcı, A., Ahmadzadeh, F., Crnobrnja-Isailović́, J., Gherghel, I., Lymberakis, P. & Poulakakis, N. 2016. A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 199–214. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2016.07.005 Reference page. 
• Bozkurt, E. & Olgun, K. 2020. Taxonomic investigation of the genus Ablepharus (Sauria; Scincidae) with molecular and morphological methods in Anatolian populations. Turkish Journal of Zoology 44(2): 134–145. DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1911-14 Reference page. 
• Gemel, R. & Vergilov, V. 2020. Nomenclatural-taxonomic notes on the genus Ablepharus Fitzinger, 1824 (Squamata: Scincidae). Zootaxa 4858(3): 448–450. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.3.11 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Ablepharus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 May 2023.

Vernacular names

English: Eurasian Snake-eyed Skinks
français: Abléphare
հայերեն: Մերկաչք

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