Afroablepharus

Afroablepharus
Afroablepharus wahlbergii,
Wahlberg's snake-eyed skink,
Durban, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Afroablepharus
Greer, 1974[1]

Afroablepharus is a genus of skinks endemic to Africa.[2]

Species

The following seven species are included in the genus:[2]

  • Afroablepharus africanus (Gray, 1845)
  • Afroablepharus annobonensis (Fuhn, 1972)
  • Afroablepharus duruarum (Monard, 1949)
  • Afroablepharus maculicollis (Jacobsen & Broadley, 2000)
  • Afroablepharus seydeli (de Witte, 1933)
  • Afroablepharus wahlbergi (A. Smith, 1849)
  • Afroablepharus wilsoni (F. Werner, 1914)

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

References

  1. ↑ "Afroablepharus ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Scincidae1.
  2. 1 2 Afroablepharus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

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