Ablepharus
Taxonavigation
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Ablepharus
Species (22):
A. alaicus –
A. anatolicus –
A. bivittatus –
A. budaki –
A. capitaneus –
A. chernovi –
A. darvazi –
A. deserti –
A. eremchenkoi –
A. flammeus –
A. grayanus –
A. himalayanus –
A. kitaibelii –
A. ladacensis –
A. lindbergi –
A. mahabharatus –
A. nepalensis –
A. pannonicus –
A. rueppellii –
A. sikimmensis –
A. tragbulensis –
A. tuolinensis
Name
[edit]Ablepharus Lichtenstein, 1823: 103
- Type species: Scincus pannonicus Fitzinger, 1824, by monotypy.
Synonyms
[edit]- 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
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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.
- Bragin, A.M., Litvinchuk, S.N., Borkin, L.J., Melnikov, D.A., Skorinov, D.V., Jablonski, D., Masroor, R., Lalremsanga, H.T., Mirza, Z.A., Dufresnes, C. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2024. Hidden on the roof of the world: Mitochondrial data reveals exceptional genetic diversity of Himalayan Ablepharine skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae). Russian Journal of Herpetology 31(6): 351–368. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-6-351-368 Reference page.
- Bragin, A.M., Decemson, H.T., Lalremsanga, H.T., Mirza, Z.A. & Poyarkov, N.A. 2025. A new species of Himalayan skink of the genus Ablepharus (Squamata: Scincidae). Salamandra 61(4): 373–394. PDF Reference page.
- Guo, P., Wang, K., Tan, S.-W., Wu, Y.-Y. & Che, J. 2025. A New Species of Ablepharus (Sauria: Scincidae) from Western Xizang, China. Asian Herpetological Research 16(3): 261–271. DOI: 10.3724/ahr.2095-0357.2025.0011 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2026. Ablepharus . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 6 February 2026.
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Eurasian Snake-eyed Skinks
- français: Abléphare
- հայերեն: Մերկաչք
