| Asymblepharus | |
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| 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] |
Asymblepharus is a genus of skinks. The genus has been confused with and is very similar to Scincella.
Species
The following 9 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 medogensis Jiang, Wu, Guo, Li, & Che, 2020
- Asymblepharus nepalensis Eremchenko & Helfenberger, 1998 – Nepal ground skink
- Asymblepharus nyingchiensis Jiang, Wu, Guo, Wang, Ding, & Che, 2020
- 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".