Eumeces schneideri, commonly known as Schneider's skink or the Berber skink, is a species of skink endemic to Central Asia,Western Asia, and North Africa
Head moderate; snout short, obtuse. Nasal rather large, usually divided, in contact with the two anterior upper labials; no postnasal; 5 supraoculars, the three anterior in contact with the frontal; parietals entirely separated by the interparietal; 4 or 5 pairs of nuchals; ear-opening rather large, with 4 or 5 long pointed lobules anteriorly; 2 azygos postmentals. 22 to 28 scales round the middle of the body, perfectly smooth, the laterals smallest, those of the two median dorsal series very broad and larger than the ventrals. The length of the hind limb is contained 2.5 to 3 times in the length from snout to vent. When pressed against the body, the limbs just meet or fail to meet. A series of transversely enlarged subcaudals.
Olive-grey or brownish above, uniform or with irregular golden-yellow spots or longitudinal streaks; a yellowish lateral streak, extending from below the eye to the hind limb, is constant; lower surfaces yellowish white.
The following nine subspecies are
recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies.
Ophisops elegans basoglui Baran &
Budak, 1978
Ophisops elegans blanfordi Schmidt, 1939
Ophisops elegans budakibarani Tok,
Afsar, Yakin, Ayaz & Çiçek, 2017
Ophisops elegans centralanatoliae
Bodenheimer, 1944
Ophisops elegans ehrenbergerii
(Wiegmann, 1835)
Ophisops elegans elegans Ménétries, 1832
Ophisops elegans macrodactylus Berthold,
1840
Ophisops elegans persicus Boulenger,
1918
Ophisops elegans schlueteri Boettger,
1880 -
