Ablepharus is a genus of skinks that contains the common snake-eyed skinks. Both their scientific and common names refer to the fact that their eyelids have fused to a translucent capsule; as in snakes, they thus are physically incapable of blinking. They are 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.
Ophiomorus is a genus of Old World skinks. The limbs are either reduced or absent, depending on the species. They are sometimes known as limbless skinks or snake skinks. Members of the genus live under rocks or in burrows.
Tribolonotus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as crocodile skinks.
The minor snake-eyed skink 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.
Eumeces schneiderii, commonly known as Schneider's skink or the Berber skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia, Western Asia, and North Africa. There are five recognized subspecies.
Sphenomorphus dussumieri, commonly known as Dussumier's forest skink and Dussumier's litter skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to southern India.
Ablepharus budaki, commonly known as Budak's skink and Budak's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Near East.
The Greek snake skink is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.
The Greek algyroides, or Greek keeled lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is endemic to Greece.
Macroprotodon cucullatus, commonly known as the false smooth snake, is a species of mildly venomous colubrid snake endemic to the Mediterranean Basin.
Chernov's skink is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to northern Eurasia.
Richard Sternfeld was a German-Jewish herpetologist, who was responsible for describing over forty species of amphibians and reptiles, particularly from Germany's African and Pacific colonies.
The golden-crowned snake is a small species of venomous snake in the family Elapidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Chioninia delalandii is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the Cape Verde Islands.
Pedioplanis lineoocellata, known commonly as the common sand lizard, the ocellated sand lizard, and the spotted sand lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. The species is endemic to Southern Africa. There are three recognized subspecies.
Ablepharus lindbergi, Lindberg's snake-eyed skink or Lindberg's twin-striped skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Afghanistan.
