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Ablepharus
Ablepharus is a genus of skinks that contains the common snake-eyed skinks. Their name refers to the fact that their eyelids have fused to a translucent capsule; as in snakes, they thus are physically incapable of blinking. They resemble small lizards and prefer to live in the leaf litter of dry fields and hills. Their scales give them a very shiny, bronze appearance with a characteristically dark stripe down the sides of their bodies. They prey...
20 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 20 known species
European Copper Skink
speciesAblepharus kitaibelii
Himalaya Ground Skink
speciesAblepharus himalayanus
Rüppel's Snake-eyed skink
speciesAblepharus rueppellii
Budak's snake-eyed skink
speciesAblepharus budaki
Desert Lidless Skink
speciesAblepharus deserti
Sikkim Ground Skink
speciesAblepharus sikimmensis
Alai False Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus alaicus
Anatolian Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus anatolicus
Asian Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus pannonicus
Chernov's Skink
speciesAblepharus chernovi
Two-streaked Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus bivittatus
Glacier Skink
speciesAblepharus ladacensis
Minor Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus grayanus
Jeremchenko's False Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus eremchenkoi
Mahabharat Ground Skink
speciesAblepharus mahabharatus
Darvaz Mountains Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus darvazi
Lindberg's Snake-eyed Skink
speciesAblepharus lindbergi
Pakistan Ground Skink
speciesAblepharus tragbulensis
Ablepharus capitaneus
speciesAblepharus capitaneus
Nepal Ground Skink
speciesAblepharus nepalensis
Where it lives
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