Minor snake-eyed skink

Minor snake-eyed skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Infraorder: Scincomorpha
Family: Scincidae
Subfamily: Eugongylinae[1]
Genus: Ablepharus
Species: A. grayanus
Binomial name
Ablepharus grayanus
(Stoliczka, 1872)
Synonyms
  • Blepharosteres grayanus Stoliczka, 1872
  • Ablepharus grayanus
    Boulenger, 1887

The minor snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus grayanus) is a species of skink that can be found in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, the mountain regions of the eastern former Soviet central Asia, and possibly Kyrgyzstan.

Etymology

The specific name, grayanus, is in honor of British herpetologist John Edward Gray.[2]

References

  1. "Ablepharus grayanus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ablepharus grayanus, p. 107).

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