Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk).
Latest update: May 12th, 2024.
 
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Genus
Eumeces
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Afro-Asian Long-legged Skinks
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Tüpfelskinke
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Afro-Asiatiske Langbenede Skinker
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Eumeces Wiegmann (type species: Scincus pavimentatus Geoffroy 1827) |
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Novoeumeces Griffith, Ngo & Murphy (type species: Scincus pavimentatus Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 1827) |
Contents:
9 species, of which 3 (33.3%) are endemic.
Endemism: 0%  100%
Remarks:
Previously included the species now assigned to
Eurylepis,
Mesoscincus, and
Plestiodon.
Distribution:
N. Africa, Middle East, SW. and C. Asia.
Reported from:
Afghanistan,
Algeria,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Cyprus,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Georgia,
India
(Gujarat),
Iran,
Iraq,
Israel,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Lebanon,
Libya,
Morocco,
Pakistan,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia
(incl.
Farasan Islands),
Syria,
Tajikistan,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan.
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Eumeces algeriensis
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Algerian Long-legged Skink, Algerian Skink, Algerian Orange-tailed Skink, Berber Skink
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Berberskink
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Berberskink
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Eumeces pavimentatus var. algeriensis Peters |
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Eumeces algeriensis Boulenger 1887 |
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Eumeces schneiderii algeriensis Mertens 1920 |
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Novoeumeces algeriensis Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 |
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Eumeces algeriensis meridionalis Doumergue (Joger 1998) |
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Eumeces schneideri meridionalis Eiselt 1940 |
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Novoeumeces meridionalis Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 |
Remarks:
Caputo, Odierna, Aprea & Capriglione (1993) confirmed algeriensis as a valid species. Status of meridionalis is uncertain; Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch (1996) tentatively recognized it as a valid species, and Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy (2000) listed it as potentially valid, but without making conclusions.
Distribution:
Algeria,
Morocco.
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Eumeces blythianus
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Afghan Long-legged Skink, (Orange-tailed Skink)
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Afghanischer Tüpfelskink
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Afghansk Langbenet Skink
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Mabouia blythiana Anderson |
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Eumeces blythianus Taylor 1935 |
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Eumeces schneideri blythianus Eiselt 1940 |
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Novoeumeces blythianus Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 |
Remarks:
Status uncertain.
Regarded by some as a subspecies of schneiderii (e.g., Eiselt 1940).
Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy (2000) listed blythianus as a potentially valid species, but without making conclusions.
Lieb (1985) tentatively recognized it as a valid species.
Others have also listed it as a valid species (e.g., Leviton & Anderson 1970; Khan & Khan 1997; Sharma 2002; Khan 2006; Nadeem, Asif & Mehmood 2009;
Venugopal 2010; Masroor 2012).
The type specimen of blythianus was purchased in Amritsar, Punjab, India (Smith 1935), but the type locality is unknown.
Presence of blythianus in India therefore needs confirmation (Venugopal 2010), although listed for the country by several authors
(e.g., Darevsky 1981; Das 1996; Sharma 2002; Sindaco & Jeremchenko 2008).
Distribution:
Afghanistan,
Pakistan.
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Eumeces cholistanensis
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Cholistan Long-legged Skink, Cholistan Desert Striped Skink
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Cholistan-Tüpfelskink
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Cholistan-skink
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Eumeces cholistanensis Masroor |
Distribution:
Pakistan.
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Eumeces indothalensis
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Thal Long-legged Skink, Thal Mole Skink
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Thal-Tüpfelskink
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Thal-skink
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Eumeces indothalensis Khan & Khan |
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Novoeumeces indothalensis Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 |
Distribution:
Pakistan.
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Eumeces pavimentatus
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Levant Long-legged Skink
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Levantischer Tüpfelskink
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Levantisk Langbenet Skink
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Scincus pavimentatus Geoffroy |
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Eumeces pavimentatus Boettger 1883 |
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Eumeces schneiderii pavimentatus Mertens 1924 |
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Novoeumeces pavimentatus Griffith, Ngo & Murphy 2000 |
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1883 | |
Eumeces pavimentatus syriaca Boettger (Taylor 1935) |
Distribution:
Israel,
Jordan,
Lebanon,
Syria,
Turkey.
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Eumeces persicus
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Persian Long-legged Skink
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Persischer Tüpfelskink
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Persisk Langbenet Skink
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Eumeces persicus Faizi, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nazarov, Heidari, Zangi, Orlova & Poyarkov |
Distribution:
Iran.
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Eumeces princeps
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Southwest Asian Long-legged Skink, Red-marked Skink
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Südwestasiatischer Tüpfelskink
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Sydvestasiatisk Langbenet Skink
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Euprepes princeps Eichwald |
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Eumeces schneideri princeps Mertens 1920 |
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Eumeces princeps Taylor 1935 |
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Novoeumeces princeps Griffith, Ngo & Murphy 2000 |
Remarks:
Not mentioned for Saudi Arabia by Aloufi, Amr, Baker & Hamidan (2019).
Distribution:
Afghanistan,
Armenia,
Azerbaijan,
Georgia,
Iran,
Iraq,
Jordan,
Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan,
Pakistan,
Russia,
Saudi Arabia,
Syria,
Tajikistan,
Turkey,
Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan.
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Eumeces schneiderii
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Golden Long-legged Skink, Gold Skink, (Schneider's Long-legged Skink, Schneider's Skink)
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Goldener Tüpfelskink
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Gylden Langbenet Skink
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Scincus schneiderii Daudin |
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Eumeces schneideri Boulenger 1887 |
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Novoeumeces schneideri Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 |
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1829 | |
Scincus cyprius Cuvier (Taylor 1935) |
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1831 | |
Tiliqua cyprinus Gray (Taylor 1935) |
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Plestiodon aldrovandii Duméril & Bibron (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Eumeces schneiderii aldrovandii Mertens 1946 |
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Eumeces schneideri variegatus Schmidt (Böhme (ed.) 1981) |
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Eumeces schneiderii barani Kumlutas, Arikan, Ilgaz & Kaska |
Remarks:
Several species of this genus (algeriensis, blythianus, pavimentatus, princeps, zarudnyi) have previously been regarded as
subspecies of schneiderii (e.g., Eiselt 1940; Mertens 1946), and some authors still regard blythianus, pavimentatus, and princeps as such
(e.g., Baha el Din 2006; Carranza, Arnold, Geniez, Roca & Mateo 2007 ["2008"];
Faizi, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nazarov, Heidari, Zangi, Orlova & Poyarkov 2017).
Lieb (1985) tentatively recognized all these forms as valid species.
Records from Gujarat, India, are considered erroneous and furthermore assumed to refer to zarudnyi, the distribution of which would otherwise split schneiderii
in populations separated by a large distance.
Distribution:
Algeria,
Cyprus,
Egypt
(incl.
Sinai),
Israel,
Jordan,
Libya,
Saudi Arabia
(incl.
Farasan Islands),
Tunisia,
Turkey.
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Eumeces schneiderii
© Rune Midtgaard
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Eumeces zarudnyi
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Bazman Long-legged Skink, (Zarudny's Skink, Zarudny's Red-striped Skink)
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Bazman-Tüpfelskink
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Bazmanskink
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Eumeces zarudnyi Nikolsky |
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Eumeces schneiderii zarudnyi Mertens 1946 |
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Novoeumeces zarudnyi Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy 2000 |
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Novoeumeces schneiderii zarudnyi Khan 2004 |
Remarks:
Previously regarded as a subspecies of schneideri (e.g., Böhme (ed.) 1981).
Revalidated as a separate species by Faizi, Rastegar-Pouyani, Rastegar-Pouyani, Nazarov, Heidari, Zangi, Orlova & Poyarkov (2017), although regarded as such already
in some previous works (e.g., Khan & Khan 1997).
Also Griffith, Ngo, & Murphy (2000) listed it as a potentially valid species.
Presence in Gujarat is considered erroneous (Patel & Vyas 2019, as schneiderii).
Distribution:
Afghanistan,
Iran,
Pakistan.
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