About Ablepharus budaki Göcmen, Kumlutas & Tosunoglu, 1996
Ablepharus budaki, commonly called Budak's skink or Budak's snake-eyed skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family Scincidae. This species is endemic to the Near East. Its confirmed geographic range includes southern Turkey, western Syria, Cyprus, and Lebanon. A. budaki prefers to live in the leaf litter of shrubby areas and forested areas. The species reproduces by laying eggs, meaning it is oviparous.