Ablepharus

Taxobox
name = Ablepharus

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = European Snake-eyed Skink, "Ablepharus kitaibelii"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Scleroglossa
infraordo = Scincomorpha
familia = Scincidae
subfamilia = Scincinae
genus = "Ablepharus"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =Several, see text

The skink genus Ablepharus contains the common snake-eyed skinks. Their name refers to the fact that their eyelids have fused to a translucent capsule; like snakes, they thus cannot blink.

elected species

* "Ablepharus bivittatus"
* "Ablepharus budaki" – Budak's Snake-eyed Skink
* "Ablepharus chernovi"
* "Ablepharus darvazi"
* "Ablepharus deserti"
* "Ablepharus grayanus" – Minor Snake-eyed Skink
* "Ablepharus kitaibelii" – European Snake-eyed Skink, European Copper Skink, Juniper Skink
* "Ablepharus pannonicus" – Asian Snake-eyed Skink
* "Ablepharus rueppellii" – Rueppell's Snake-eyed Skink