Asymblepharus

Asymblepharus is a genus of skinks. The genus has been confused with and is very similar to Scincella.

Asymblepharus
Himalaya ground skink, Asymblepharus himalayanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Sphenomorphinae
Genus: Asymblepharus
Eremchenko & Szczerbak, 1980 [1]

Species

The following 9 species are recognized as being valid.[2]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asymblepharus.

References

  1. "Asymblepharus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/sphenomorphinae.
  2. "Asymblepharus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

  • Eremchenko VK, Shcherbak NN (1980). "[On the generic belonging of Scincidae (Reptilia: Sauria) of the USSR fauna]". Vestnik Zoologii 1980: 10–15. (in Russian).

Nota bene: The surname of the senior author, "Eremchenko", has also been transliterated as "Jeremčenko", "Jerjomtschenko", "Yeriomchenko", and "Yeriomtschenko"; and the surname of the junior author, "Shcherbak", as "Szczerbak".


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