Schmidtler (1997) raised the subspecies budaki, chernovi, and rueppellii to full species status, thus restricting Ablepharus kitaibellii to southeastern Europe and west and central Turkey.
Ljubisvljevic, K., Dzukic, G. and Kalezic, M.L. Morphological differentiation of the snake-eyed skink Ablepharus kitaibellii (Bibron and Bory, 1933), in the north-western part of the species' range: systematic implications (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae).
Sivan, N. and Werner, Y.L. Survey of the reptiles of the Golan Plateau and Mt. Hermon, Israel.