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EUROPEAN SNAKEEYED SKINK
(Juniper Skink or European Copper Skink) 
Ablepharus kitaibelii
John Fowler & Rachel Barnes

Distribution:  Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia.
Comments: Grows to around 6 inches (15 cm) total length

There are nine currently recognised subspecies of Ablepharus kitaibelii listed below (as of March 2020)

SCIENTIFIC NAME

DISTRIBUTION

Ablepharus kitaibelii fabichi

Mikronisi, Karpathos, Kasos, and Armathia islands

Ablepharus kitaibelii kitaibelii

Greece and Aegean islands, Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Transjordania, Irak, and Sinai

Ablepharus kitaibelii fitzingeri

Slovakia, N Serbia, Hungary, Greece (Corfu = Corfou)

Ablepharus kitaibelii stepaneki

  

Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Albania 


This European snakeeyed skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii) was photographed on Kos, Greece
 This European Snakeeyed Skink (Ablepharus kitaibelii kitaibelii) was photographed on Kos Island, Greece

Click here to see photos of European Snakeeyed Skinks (Ablepharus kitaibelii) at iNaturalist
Click here to see photos of European Snakeeyed Skinks (Ablepharus kitaibelii) at iNaturalist



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