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Ablepharus himalayanus (GÜNTHER, 1864)

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Higher TaxaScincidae, Eugongylinae (Eugongylini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Himalaya Ground Skink 
SynonymEumeces himalayanus GÜNTHER 1864: 86
Euprepes blythi STEINDACHNER 1869
Mocoa himalayanus — STOLICZKA 1872
Mocoa himalayana — BLANFORD 1875: 19
Lygosoma himalayana — BOULENGER 1887
Lygosoma himalayanum — ZUGMAYER 1909: 488
Leiolopisma himalayanum — SCHMIDT 1926: 168
Lygosoma himalayanum — HORA 1927: 4
Leiolopisma himalayanum — SMITH 1935
Leiolopisma himalayanum — SWAN & LEVITON 1962: 111
Scincella himalayanum — MINTON 1966
Scincella himalayana — GREER 1974: 7
Scincella ladacensis himalayana — OUBOTER 1986: 21
Scincella ladacensis himalayana — NANHOE & OUBOTER 1987
Asymblepharus himalayanus — EREMCHENKO et al. 1998
Scincella himalayana — KHAN 2002 (pers. comm.)
Scincella himalayana — SHEA & GREER 2002: 156
Asymblepharus (Asymblepharus) himalayanus — EREMCHENKO 2003
Asymblepharus himalayanus — SINDACO & JEREMČENKO 2008
Scincella himalayanus — MURTHY 2010
Asymblepharus himalayanus — WENG et al. 2021
Ablepharus himalayanus — MIRZA et al. 2022 
DistributionN Pakistan (Chitral, Hazara), India (W Himalaya: Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh), W Nepal, Pakistan, Turkmenistan

Type locality: Kashmir, Garhval, Simla, Himalayas.  
Reproduction 
TypesSyntypes: BMNH 1946.8.16.24; 1946.6.17.62; 1946.8.19.71 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A robust Scincella. Limbs strong, but somewhat shorter than in S. l. ladacensis. Transparent disc large. Ciliars from normal to thickened. In most specimens (64%) the frontal is in contact with the first three supraoculars. A medium number of body scales. Dorsum usually bronze- brown, spotted with black, sometimes with white spots as well (Ouboter 1986: 21) 
CommentSimilar species: Scincella sikimmensis, A. ladacensis (Ouboter 1986 says there is clinal variation among them). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
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