Minor snake-eyed skink
Minor snake-eyed skink | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Scincidae |
Genus: | Ablepharus |
Species: | A. grayanus
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Binomial name | |
Ablepharus grayanus (Stoliczka, 1872)
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The minor snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus grayanus) is a species of skink that can be found in India, Iran, 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.[1]
References[]
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Ablepharus grayanus, p. 107).
Further reading[]
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Ablepharus grayanus, new combination, p. 352).
- Stoliczka F (1872). "Notes on the Reptilian and Amphibian Fauna of Kachh". Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal 1872: 71–85. (Blepharosteres grayanus, new species, pp. 74–75).
External links[]
- Species Ablepharus grayanus at The Reptile Database
Categories:
- Ablepharus
- Reptiles described in 1872
- Reptiles of Asia
- Taxa named by Ferdinand Stoliczka
- Skink stubs