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Taxon: Scincidae
Comment: Ablepharus pannonicus©David Tarkhnishvili

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Scientific Name ID: 45995
Name According To: www.faunaeur.org
Taxon Rank: Family
Scientific Name Authorship: Gray, 1825
Vernacular Name: Skinks
Georgian Name: სცინკები
GBD Remarks:

Skinks are the most species-rich lizard family, containing ca 1,200 species of 125 genera. Georgia has one out of 4 species of Circummediterranean genus Eumeces and one out of 7 species of genus Ablepharus found from Central Asia to SE Europe.


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