Ablepharus
| Ablepharus | |
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| European snake-eyed skink, Ablepharus kitaibelii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Subfamily: | Scincinae |
| Genus: | Ablepharus |
| Species | |
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Ablepharus bivittatus |
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Ablepharus bivittatus
Ablepharus budaki
Ablepharus chernovi
Ablepharus darvazi
Ablepharus deserti
Ablepharus grayanus
Ablepharus kitaibelii
Ablepharus pannonicus
Ablepharus rueppellii
Ablepharus is a genus of skinks that contains the common snake-eyed skinks. Their name refers to the fact that their eyelids have fused to a translucent capsule; as in snakes, they thus are physically incapable of blinking. They resemble small lizards and prefer to live in the leaf litter of dry fields and hills. Their scales give them a very shiny, bronze appearance with a characteristically dark stripe down the sides of their bodies. They prey on small insects and other small mollusks.
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There are ten species in the genus:
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