Ablepharus is a genus of skinks that contains the common snake-eyed skinks.[1] Both their scientific and common names refer to the fact that their eyelids have fused to a translucent capsule; as in snakes, they thus are physically incapable of blinking.[2] They are small lizards and prefer to live in the leaf litter of dry fields and hills.[3] Their scales give them a very shiny, bronze appearance with a characteristically dark stripe down the sides of their bodies. They prey on small insects and other small mollusks.[4]
^Ablepharus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 23 December 2013.
^Orbital Lubrication Hypothesis at the Canadian Journal of Zoology
^Ablepharus kitaibelii at the IUCN Red List
^Snake-eyed Skink Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine at the Wildlife Archipelago Archived 2014-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
their male counterparts. Ablepharus species have thick tails relative to their body sizes and lengths. Fully mature Ablepharus species can reach a total...
former subspecies of Ablepharus kitaibelii have been promoted to categorization as species, such as Ablepharus rueppellii and Ablepharus budaki. The specific...
ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ablepharus budaki, p. 42). Göçmen B, Kumlutaş Y, Tosunoglu M (1996). "A new subspecies, Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Borry...
Ablepharus sikimmensis (common name: Sikkim ground skink or bronzy-brown skink) is a species of skink found in Bangladesh (Rangpur), Bhutan, China (Tibet)...
Ablepharus alaicus is a species of skink found in China, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan. Shestopal, A.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Nuridjanov...
Ablepharus rueppellii, known commonly as Rüppell's snake-eyed skink, is a species of skink found in the Middle East. It was formerly considered a subspecies...
The Himalaya ground skink (Ablepharus himalayanus) is a species of skink found in Pakistan, India, Nepal, and Turkmenistan. Shestopal, A.; Dujsebayeva...
The Nepal ground skink (Ablepharus nepalensis) is a species of skink found in Nepal. Bhattarai, S. (2021). "Asymblepharus nepalensis". IUCN Red List of...
Ablepharus tragbulensis is a species of skink endemic to South Asia. A. tragbulensis is found in India, and possibly Pakistan. Type locality: "Tragbal...
Ablepharus eremchenkoi is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. The specific name,...
The Mahabharat ground skink (Ablepharus mahabharatus) is a species of skink found in Nepal. Bhattarai, S.; Limbu, K.P. (2022) [amended version of 2021...
Ablepharus lindbergi, Lindberg's snake-eyed skink or Lindberg's twin-striped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Afghanistan...
Ablepharus darvazi, also known as Darvaz snake-eyed skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia...
Südostaustralien (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri Lucas und Frost, 1894) [= Pseudemoia, a new monotypic genus from southeastern Australia (Ablepharus/Emoa/spenceri...
The desert lidless skink (Ablepharus deserti) is a species of skink native to southern Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, northern Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and eastern...
Proablepharus. Fuhn IE (1969). "The “polyphyletic” origin of the genus Ablepharus (Reptilia: Scincidae). A case of parallel evolution". Zeitschrift für...
of the genus was not nominated by the author, but this was assigned to Ablepharus poecilipleurus Wiegmann, 1834 in a revision by Leonhard Stejneger published...
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