Asymblepharus

Asymblepharus himalayanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Vertebrata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Sauria
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Subfamily:	Sphenomorphinae
Genus:	Asymblepharus Eremchenko & Shcherbak, 1980 [1]

Asymblepharus is a genus of skinks.

Species

The following eight species are recognized as being valid.^[2]

• Asymblepharus alaicus (Elpatjevsky, 1901)
• Asymblepharus eremchenkoi Panfilov, 1999
• Asymblepharus himalayanus (Günther, 1864)
• Asymblepharus ladacensis (Günther, 1864)
• Asymblepharus mahabharatus Eremchenko, Shah & Panfilov, 1998
• Asymblepharus nepalensis Eremchenko & Helfenberger, 1998
• Asymblepharus sikkimensis (Blyth, 1854)
• Asymblepharus tragbulense (Alcock, 1898)

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Asymblepharus.

References

1. "Asymblepharus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/scincidae/sphenomorphinae.
2. "Asymblepharus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

Further reading

• Eremchenko VK, Shcherbak NN. 1980. [On the generic belonging of Scincidae (Reptilia: Sauria) of the USSR fauna]. Vestnik Zoologii 1980: 10-15. (in Russian).

Nota bene: The surname of the senior author, "Eremchenko", has also been transliterated as "Jeremčenko", "Jerjomtschenko", "Yeriomchenko", and "Yeriomtschenko"; and the surname of the junior author, "Shcherbak", as "Szczerbak".