Ablepharus kitaibelii

Ablepharus kitaibelii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ablepharus
Species:
A. kitaibelii
Binomial name
Ablepharus kitaibelii
Subspecies
  • A. k. kitaibelii (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833)
  • A. k. fabichi Štěpánek, 1938
  • A. k. fitzingeri Mertens, 1952
  • A. k. stepaneki Fuhn, 1970
Synonyms
  • Ablepharis [sic] kitaibelii
    Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833
  • Ablepharus kitaibelii
    A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1839

Ablepharus kitaibelii, also known commonly as the European copper skink, the European snake-eyed skink, the juniper skink, and the snake-eyed skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. The species is native to Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia.