Protoblepharus
Appearance
Protoblepharus | |
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Himalaya ground skink, Asymblepharus himalayanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Subfamily: | Sphenomorphinae |
Genus: | Asymblepharus Eremchenko & Szczerbak, 1980 [1] |
Asymblepharus is a genus of skinks.
Species
The following 7 species are recognized as being valid.[2]
- Asymblepharus alaicus (Elpatjevsky, 1901)
- Asymblepharus eremchenkoi Panfilov, 1999
- Asymblepharus himalayanus (Günther, 1864) – Himalaya ground skink
- Asymblepharus ladacensis (Günther, 1864) – Ladak ground skink
- Asymblepharus mahabharatus Eremchenko, Shah & Panfilov, 1998 – Mahabharat ground skink
- Asymblepharus nepalensis Eremchenko & Helfenberger, 1998 – Nepal ground skink
- Asymblepharus tragbulense (Alcock, 1898)
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asymblepharus.
References
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".