Ablepharus flammeus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Scincoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: 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: Scincomorpha Superfamilia: Scincoidea

Familia: Scincidae
Subfamilia: Eugongylinae
Genus: Ablepharus
Species: Ablepharus flammeus

Name

Ablepharus flammeus Bragin, Decemson, Lalremsanga, Mirza & Poyarkov, 2025: 379

• Holotype: ZSI-R-29457 (field no. BAM-171), adult ♂, collected by Andrey M. Bragin on 29 October 2022.
• Type locality: “Duggal Bittha, Chopta, Uttarakhand, India (30.48° N, 79.17° E) at an elevation of 2,520 m a.s.l.”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Fire-bellied Ground Skink