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Taxonomy of the genus Ablepharus Biodiversity of the family Scincidae

Bibliography of the genus
Ablepharus (Eurasian Snake-eyed Skinks)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae)

Note: In order to limit redundancy, relevant literature indexed in the related bibliographies in the left column may not have been included in this page. For a comprehensive search of literature, these bibliographies should therefore also be consulted.


Ablepharus in general

Eremchenko, V.K. 1981. [Systematics of Eurasian Scincidae of the genera: Asymblepharus Jeriomtshenko et Szczerbak 1980 and Ablepharus (Fitzinger in Lichtenstein 1823) (Sauria)]. pp. 54-55. In: Darevsky, I.S.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Barkagan, Z.S.; Borkin, L.Y.; Sokolova, T.M. & Szczerbak, N.N. (eds.). The problems of herpetology: abstracts. Nauka, Leningrad. 163 pp. (abstract, in Russian).

Eremchenko, V.K.; Panfilov, A.M. 1988. [Karyotype studies of Asymblepharus (Elpat., 1901); Sauria, Scincidae]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kirgizskoi SSR Khimiko-tekhnologicheskie Biologicheskie Nauki 1988(4): 88-92.

Eremchenko, V.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1980. [On generic belonging of Scincidae (Reptilia, Sauria) of the USSR fauna]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 1980(4): 10-15.

Eremchenko, V.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1986. Ablefaridnye iashcheritsy fauny SSSR. [Ablefarid lizards of the fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries]. (In Russian). Ilim, Frunze. 169 pp.

Fuhn, I.E. 1969. Revision and redefinition of the genus Ablepharus Lichtenstein, 1823 (Reptilia, Scincidae). Revue Roumaine de Biologie (Zoologie) 14: 23-41.

Fuhn, I.E. 1969. The "polyophletic" origin of the genus Ablepharus (Reptilia, Scincidae): a case of parallel evolution. Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung 7: 67-76.

Greer, A.E. 1974. The generic relationships of the scincid lizard genus Leiolopisma and its relatives. Australian Journal of Zoology (Supplementary Series) 31: 1-67.

Peters, W.C.H. 1874. Über einige neue Reptilien (Lacerta, Eremias, Diploglossus, Euprepes, Lygosoma, Sepsina, Ablepharus, Simotes, Onychocephalus). Monatsberichte der Königlich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1874(June): 368-377.

Schmidtler, J.F. 1997. Die Ablepharus kitaibelii-Gruppe in Süd-Anatolien und benachbarten Gebieten (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa 10(1-2): 35-63.

Skourtanioti, E.; Kapli, P.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Ahmadzadeh, F.; Isailovic, J.C.N.; Gherghel, I.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2016. A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 199–214.

Strauch, A. 1868. Über die Arten der Eidechsen-Gattung Ablepharus (Fitz.). Bull. Ac. Sc. St. Petersb. l° 12: 359-371.

Yeremchenko, V.K. 1987. [Systematics and relation bonds of Indo-Himalayan scincells (Sauria, Scincidae)]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kirgizskoi SSR Khimiko-tekhnologicheskie Biologicheskie Nauki 1987(2): 54-57.

Ablepharus alaicus

Eremchenko, V.K. 1983. [Distribution and geographic variability of Asymblepharus alaicus (Sauria, Scincidae)]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 1983(2): 35-42.

Eremchenko, V.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1986. Ablefaridnye iashcheritsy fauny SSSR. [Ablefarid lizards of the fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries]. (In Russian). Ilim, Frunze. 169 pp.

Kolbintzev, V.; Miroschnichenko, L.; Dujsebayeva, T. 1999. Distribution and natural history of the lidless skinks, Asymblepharus alaicus and Ablepharus deserti (Sauria: Scincidae) in the Aksu-Djabagly Nature Reserve (western Tian-Shan Mountains), Kazakstan [Kazakhstan]. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 69-74.

Ablepharus anatolicus

Skourtanioti, E.; Kapli, P.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Ahmadzadeh, F.; Isailovic, J.C.N.; Gherghel, I.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2016. A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 199–214.

Ablepharus bivittatus

Eremchenko, V.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1980. [Ablepharus lindbergi sp.n. (Reptilia, Sauria, Scincidae) from Afghanistan - a new species of snake-eyed lizard]. (In Russian, English summary). Vestnik Zoologii 1980(6): 84-86.

Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Olgun, K.; Baran, I. 2007. The morphology and distribution of Ablepharus bivittatus (Menetries, 1832) (Reptilia: Sauria: Scincidae) in Turkey. Russian Journal of Herpetology 14(2): 91-97.

Sanchooli, N. 2016. Modeling the potential distribution of Ablepharus bivittatus (Ménétriés, 1832), in Iran. Herpetozoa 29(1-2): 63-68.

Tuniyev, B.; Ananjeva, N.B.; Aghasyan, A.; Orlov, N.L.; Tuniyev, S.; Anderson, S.C.; Milto, K.D.; Shestapol, A.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Nuridjanov, D.; Golynsky, E. 2017. Ablepharus bivittatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T48839409A48839532. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T48839409A48839532.en.

Ablepharus budaki

Gocmen, B.; Kumlutas, Y.; Tosunoglu, M. 1996. A new subspecies, Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Borry, 1833) budaki n. ssp. (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Zoology 20(4): 397-405.

Lymberakis, P.; Crochet, P.A.; Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Hraoui-Bloquet, S.; Sadek, R.; Kaska, Y.; Kumlutas, Y.; Kaya, U.; Avci, A.; Üzüm, N.; Yeniyurt, C.; Akarsu, F. 2009. Ablepharus budaki. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T61450A12488080. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T61450A12488080.en.

Poulakakis, N.; Kapli, P.; Kardamaki, A.; Skourtanioti, E.; Göcmen, B.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Lymberakis, P. 2013. Comparative phylogeography of six herpetofauna species in Cyprus: late Miocene to Pleistocene colonization routes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 108(3): 619-635.

Schmidtler, J.F. 1997. Die Ablepharus kitaibelii-Gruppe in Süd-Anatolien und benachbarten Gebieten (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa 10(1-2): 35-63.

Skourtanioti, E.; Kapli, P.; Ilgaz, C.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Ahmadzadeh, F.; Isailovic, J.C.N.; Gherghel, I.; Lymberakis, P.; Poulakakis, N. 2016. A reinvestigation of phylogeny and divergence times of the Ablepharus kitaibelii species complex (Sauria, Scincidae) based on mtDNA and nuDNA genes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 103: 199–214.

Vergilov, V.S.; Zlatkov, B.; Tzankov, N.D. 2017. Hemipenial differentiation in the closely related congeners Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833), and Ablepharus budaki Göcmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa 30(1-2): 39-48.

Yildirim, E.; Kumlutas, Y.; Candan, K.; Ilgaz, C. 2017. Comparative skeletal osteology of three species of scincid lizards (genus: Ablepharus) from Turkey. Vertebrate Zoology 67(2): 251-259

Ablepharus chernovi

Darevsky, I.S. 1953. [Ablepharus chernovi spec. nov. Reptilia, Sauria in the Armenian Republic]. (In Russian). Bull. Soc. Nat. Moscow 58(2): 39-41.

Gocmen, B.; Kumlutas, Y.; Tosunoglu, M. 1996. A new subspecies, Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Borry, 1833) budaki n. ssp. (Sauria: Scincidae) from the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Turkish Journal of Zoology 20(4): 397-405.

Karamiani, R.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E.; Shishvani, M.M.; Nilson, G. 2018. First record of Ablepharus chernovi Darevsky, 1953, from Iran. Herpetozoa 31(1-2): 94-97.

Kumlutas, Y. 1992. [A study on the individual and geographic variation of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria Scincidae) in Anatolia]. (In Turkish, English summary). Doga Turk Zooloji Dergisi 16(3): 353-360.

Kumlutas, Y. 1993. [A study on the individual and geographic variation of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria Scincidae) in Anatolia]. (In Turkish, English summary). Doga Turk Zooloji Dergisi 17(1): 103-115.

Schmidtler, J.F. 1997. Die Ablepharus kitaibelii-Gruppe in Süd-Anatolien und benachbarten Gebieten (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa 10(1-2): 35-63.

Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Böhme, W.; Crochet, P.A.; Nilson, G.; Akarsu, F.; Lymberakis, P. 2009. Ablepharus chernovi (errata version published in 2016). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009: e.T164622A86443519. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009.RLTS.T164622A5912863.en.

Yildirim, E.; Kumlutas, Y.; Candan, K.; Ilgaz, C. 2017. Comparative skeletal osteology of three species of scincid lizards (genus: Ablepharus) from Turkey. Vertebrate Zoology 67(2): 251-259

Ablepharus darvazi

Milto, K.D.; Shestapol, A.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Sattorov, T. 2017. Ablepharus darvazi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T47756038A47756041. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T47756038A47756041.en.

Yeriomchenko, V.K.; Panfilov, A.M. 1990. [Ablepharus darvazi sp. nov. - new species Ablepharus (Sauria, Scinsidae [Scincidae]) from Tadjikistan]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kirgizskoi SSR Khimiko-tekhnologicheskie Biologicheskie Nauki 1990(4): 56-63.

Ablepharus deserti

Ahl, E. 1925. Herpetologische Notizen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 65: 18-20.

Anderson, S.C.; Milto, K.D.; Shestapol, A.; Dujsebayeva, T.; Nuridjanov, D.; Golynsky, E.; Borkin, L.; Sattorov, T. 2017. Ablepharus deserti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T178546A85035208. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T178546A85035208.en.

Eremchenko, V.K.; Torotova, V.I. 1977. [Variation in Ablepharus deserti Str. in north Kirgizia.] pp. 89-90. In: Darevsky, I.S. [Fourth All-Union Herpetological Conference. Questions in Herpetology]. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Zoologicheskij Institut. Izdatel'stvo 'Nauka', Leningrad. 243 pp. (In Russian).

Jablonski, D. 2016. Tail bifurcation in a Desert Lidless Skink (Ablepharus deserti) from Kyrgyzstan. IRCF Reptiles & Amphibians 23(3): 171–172.

Kolbintzev, V.; Miroschnichenko, L.; Dujsebayeva, T. 1999. Distribution and natural history of the lidless skinks, Asymblepharus alaicus and Ablepharus deserti (Sauria: Scincidae) in the Aksu-Djabagly Nature Reserve (western Tian-Shan Mountains), Kazakstan [Kazakhstan]. Asiatic Herpetological Research 8: 69-74.

Kudokotsev, V.P. 1959. Regeneration of the limbs in the desert snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus deserti Strauch). Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 126(2-4)

Sattarov, T.S. 1987. [Materials on the biology, distribution and infraspecific variability of Ablepharus deserti in north Tadzhikistan]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi SSR Otdelenie Biologicheskikh Nauk 1987(2): 23-27.

Shammakov, S. 1974. [Occurrence of Ablepharus deserti Strauch in northern Turkmenistan]. (In Russian). Investiya Akad. Nauk Turkmen. SSR (Biol.) 1974(3): 82-83.

Shi, L.; Zhou, R.H.; Yuan, H. 2006. [A new genus and a new species record to China]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 31(4): 912-916.

Szczerbak, N.N. 1959. [Observations on Ablepharus deserti in terrarium]. (In Russian). Priroda 2: 115-116.

Vashetko, E.V.; Kamalova, Z.Y.; Yadgarov, T. 1974. [Systematic review of vertebrates. Reptilia.] pp. 60-84. (In Russian). In: Sultanov, G.S. (Ed.) (Vertebrates of the Fergana Valley). Fan, Tashkent. 217 pp.

Ablepharus grayanus

Karamiani, R.; Rastegar-Pouyani, N.; Rastegar-Pouyani, E. 2018. Modeling the past and current distribution and habitat suitability for Ablepharus grayanus and A. pannonicus (Sauria: Scincidae). Asian Herpetological Research 9(1): 56-64.

Toporkova, L.J.; Stepanov, L.N. 1977. Rediscovery of the snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus pannonicus grayanus, on southwestern Tadjikistan. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta (Leningrad) 74: 115.

Ablepharus himalayanus

Acharji, M.N.; Kripalani, M.B. 1952. On a collection of Reptilia and Batrachia from the Kangra and Kulu Valleys, western Himalayas. Records of the Indian Museum 49: 175-184.

Das, I.; Dattagupta, B.; Gayen, N. 1998. Systematic status of Lygosoma himalayanum tragbulensis Alcock, "1897" 1898 (Sauria: Scincidae) collected by the Pamir Boundary Commission, 1885. Russian Journal of Herpetology 5(2): 147-150.

Dey, P.; Bandyopadhyay, K.K. 1990. A preliminary report on some vertebrate fauna of Kumaon Himalayas, observed and collected during the 'Kuthi Valley Expedition - 1976'. Journal of Bengal Natural History Society 9(2): 75-80.

Duda, P.L.; Gupta, A. 1981. The chromosomes of Scincella Himalayanum (Lacertilia: Scincidae). CIS (Chromosome Information Service) 30: 23-25.

Duda, P.L.; Koul, O. 1977. Ovarian cycle in high altitude lizards from Kashmir. 2. Scincella himalayum (Boulenger). Herpetologica 33(4): 427-433.

Husain, A.; Ray, P. 1997. Reptilia. pp. 115-117. In: Alfred, J.R.B. (ed.). Fauna of Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve. A world heritage site. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta. 166 pp.

Jamdar, N.; Sekar, A.G. 1986. Contributions to the breeding biology of the skink (Leiolopisma Himalayanum), from Kashmir. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 82(3): 675-676.

Koul, O.; Duda, P.L. 1977. Variable sea ratio in some high altitude lizards from Kashmir. Current Science (Bangalore) 46(5): 149-150.

Masroor, R. 2011. An annotated checklist of amphibians and reptiles of Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan. Pakistan Journal of Zoology 43(6): 1041-1048.

Mukherjee, R.; Paliwal, R. 1992. Bifurcated tailed skink Leiolopisma himalayanum (Gunther) from Kinnaur district, Himachal Pradesh. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 88(2): 291.

Sahi, D.N.; Duda, P.L. 1986. Morphological and ecological notes on Scincella Himalayanum and Mabuya dissimilis from Kashmir, India. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 21(3-4): 89-91.

Sharma, B.D. 1971. The lacertilian fauna of Poonch Valley (J & K). Gurukula Kangri Vishwavid. J. scient. Res. 3: 82-83.

Shrma, O.P. 2006. Sex chromosome variability in four Indian lizards. Perspectives in Cytology and Genetics 12: 155-168.

Sichuan Biological Research Institute, Herpetological Department 1977. [A survey of reptiles in Xizang autonomous region, with faunal analysis and descriptions of new forms]. (In Chinese). Acta Zoologica Sinica 23(1): 64-71.

Yeremchenko, V.K. 1987. [Systematics and relation bonds of Indo-Himalayan scincells (Sauria, Scincidae)]. (In Russian). Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Kirgizskoi SSR Khimiko-tekhnologicheskie Biologicheskie Nauki 1987(2): 54-57.

Ablepharus kitaibelii

Baha el Din, S.M. 1992. Notes on the herpetology of north Sinai. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 41: 9-11.

Bako, B.; Gor, A.; Korsos, Z. 1992. Mapping of amphibians and reptiles in Hungary. pp. 59-63. In: Korsos, Z. & Kiss, I. (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th Ordinary General Meeting of the Societas Europaea Herpetologica, 19-23 August 1991, Budapest, Hungary. Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest. 531 pp.

Belcheva, R.G.; Bisserkov, V.I.; Ilieva, N.L.; Beshkov, V.A. 1987. Karyological investigations of two lizard species of the families Gekkonidae and Scincidae. Comptes Rendus de l'Academie Bulgare des Sciences 40(12): 95-98.

Böhme, W.; Lymberakis, P.; Ajtic, R.; Tok, C.V.; Ugurtas, I.H.; Sevinç, M.; Crochet, P.A.; Haxhiu, I.; Sterijovski, B.; Krecsák, L.; Crnobrnja-Isailovic, J.; Kaska, Y.; Kumlutas, Y.; Avci, A.; Jelic, D. 2017. Ablepharus kitaibelii (amended version of 2009 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T29691A115767606. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T29691A115767606.en.

Bolkay, S.J. 1914. Über einen neuen Fundort des Ablepharus pannonicus Fitz. in Ungarn. Zoologischer Anzeiger 43: 499-500.

Broggi, M.F. 2014. The herpetofauna of Kimolos (Milos Archipelago, Greece). Herpetozoa 27(1-2): 102-103.

Buttle, D. 1990. The herpetofauna of Leros (Dodecanense, S.E. Aegean). British Herpetological Society Bulletin 34: 34-38.

Buttle, D. 1994. An addition to the article 'Notes on the herpetofauna of some of the Cyclades Islands, Greece'. British Herpetological Society Bulletin 47: 11.

Cattaneo, A. 1997. L'erpetofauna dell'isola greca di Skiathos (Sporadi settentrionali). Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 136(2): 145-156.

Cattaneo, A. 2003. Note erpetologiche sulle isole egee di Lesvos, Chios e Samos. Bollettino del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Venezia 54: 95-116.

Cattaneo, A. 2006. Contributo alla conoscenza dell'erpetofauna dell'isola egea di Nisyros (Dodecaneso) (Reptilia). Naturalista Siciliano 30(3-4): 485-494.

Covaciu-Marcov, S.D. 2010. Data upon the presence of Ablepharus kitaibelli in the Getic Piedmont, Gorj County, Romania. North-Western Journal of Zoology 6(2): 316-318.

Dincaslan, Y.E.; Tosunoglu, M.; Gul, C. 2012. Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron&Bory, 1833), at Sinop, north Anatolia. Herpetozoa 25(1-2): 74-75.

Dzukic, G. 1974. Prilog herpetofauni Srbije. Glasnik Muz. Beogr. (Ser. B) 29: 105-110.

Eremchenko, V.K.; Szczerbak, N.N. 1986. Ablefaridnye iashcheritsy fauny SSSR. [Ablefarid lizards of the fauna of the USSR and adjacent countries]. (In Russian). Ilim, Frunze. 169 pp.

Fejervary, G.J. 1917. Neuere Angaben über die geographische Verbreitung des Ablepharus pannonicus Fitz. in Ungarn. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 67: 161-167.

Franzen, M. 1986. Zur winterlichen Aktivität einiger Echsen in der südlichen Türkei. Herpetofauna (Weinstadt) 8(45): 6-10.

Garancsy, M. 1975. Why do we protect all of our reptiles? Buvar 30(5): 217-221.

Goldberg, S.R. 2012. Notes on reproduction of the snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii (Squamata: Scincidae) from Israel. Herpetological Bulletin 122: 33-35.

Grano, M.; Cattaneo, C.; Cattaneo, A. 2015. First observations on the herpetological and theriological fauna of Alimia Island (Rhodes Archipelago, Aegean Sea). Biodiversity Journal 6(1): 73-78.

Grillitsch, H.; Tiedemann, F. 1984. Zur Herpetofauna der griechischen Inseln Kea, Spanopoula, Kithnos, Sifnos, Kitriani (Cycladen), Alonissos und Piperi (nördliche Sporaden). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie 86: 7-28.

Gruber, U. 1974. Zur Taxonomie und Ökologie der Reptilien von der Insel Antikythira. Salamandra 10(1): 31-41.

Gruber, U. 1981. Ablepharus kitaibelii Bibron und Bory 1833 - Johannisechse. pp. 292-307. In: Böhme, W. (ed.). Handbuch der Reptilien und Amphibien Europas. Band 1. Echsen (Sauria) 1. (Gekkonidae, Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae, Anguidae, Amphisbaenidae, Scincidae, Lacertidae 1). Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden. 520 pp.

Harmos, K.; Herczeg, G. 2003. A pannongyik elterjedese es termeszetvedelmi helyzete a Kozponti-Cserhatban es kornyeken. [Distribution and conservation status of the snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri) in the central-Cserhat and surroundings]. (In Hungarian, English summary). Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis 27: 349-357.

Herczeg, G.; Korsos, Z. 2003. Az interspecifikus kompeticio hatasa a pannongyikra (Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri) egy antropogen hatasoknak kitett elohelyen. [Competition effect on the skink Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri among human caused disturbance]. (In Hungarian, English summary). Allattani Kozlemenyek 88(1): 73-84.

Herczeg, G.; Kovacs, T.; Korsos, Z.; Török, J. 2007. Microhabitat use, seasonal activity and diet of the snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri) in comparison with sympatric lacertids in Hungary. Biologia (Bratislava) 62(4): 482-487.

Herczeg, G.; Török, J.; Korsos, Z. 2007. Size-dependent heating rates determine the spatial and temporal distribution of small-bodied lizards. Amphibia-Reptilia 28(3): 347-356.

Herczeg, G.; Toth, T.; Kovacs, T.; Korsos, Z.; Török, J. 2004. Distribution of Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri Mertens, 1952 (Squamata: Scincidae) in Hungary. Russian Journal of Herpetology 11(2): 99-105.

Iftime, A.; Petrescu, A.M.; Iftime, O. 2008. Observations on the herpetofauna of the Mehedinti Karstic Plateau (Mehedinti and Gorj Counties, Romania). Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 51: 219-230.

Kasapidis, P.; Provatidou, S.; Maragou, P.; Valakos, E.D. 1996. Neue Daten über die Herpetofauna von Lesbos (Ägäische Inseln, Griechenland) und einige biogeographische Bemerkungen über die Inseln des nordöstlichen ägäischen Archipels. Salamandra 32(3): 171-180.

Korsos, Z.; Csekes, R.; Takacs, E. 2008. New locality records of Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri Mertens, 1952 from the area surrounding the River Ipel', in Slovakia and adjacent Hungary. North-Western Journal of Zoology 4(1): 125-128.

Kovács, D.; Kiss, I. 2016. Microhabitat use of different age groups of Snake-eyed Skink and Eastern Green Lizard. Amphibia-Reptilia 37(2): 191-198.

Kumlutas, Y. 1992. [A study on the individual and geographic variation of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria Scincidae) in Anatolia]. (In Turkish, English summary). Doga Turk Zooloji Dergisi 16(3): 353-360.

Kumlutas, Y. 1993. [A study on the individual and geographic variation of Ablepharus kitaibelii (Sauria Scincidae) in Anatolia]. (In Turkish, English summary). Doga Turk Zooloji Dergisi 17(1): 103-115.

Lanyi, G. 1983. [Protected vertebrates of Hungary: Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri]. (In Hungarian). Buvar 38(7): 313.

Lindholm, W.A. 1929. Zur Nomenklatur einiger Eidechsen und Schlangen Europas. Zoologischer Anzeiger 81: 73-82, 96.

Ljubisavljevic, K.; Dzukic, G.; Kalezic, M.L. 2002. Morphological differentiation of the snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory, 1833), in the north-western part of the species' range: systematic implications (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae). Herpetozoa 14(3-4): 107-121.

Meeuwen, H.M. van 1977. [Some reptiles from the Island of Rhodos]. (In Dutch). Lacerta 35(7): 100-105.

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Ablepharus ladacensis

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Ablepharus lindbergi

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Ablepharus pannonicus

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Ablepharus sikkimensis

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Ablepharus tragbulensis

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