Robert Valentic / European snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus kitaibellii) basking on stone in drystone wall. Milos Island, Cyclades, Greece.

Edwin Giesbers / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) basking on rock. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) basking on rocks overlooking coast. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) basking on rocks overlooking coast. Cyprus. April.

Edwin Giesbers / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) basking, portrait. Cyprus. April.

Nick Garbutt / Colubrid snake (Madagascariophis sp.) endemic to Madagascar eating a small Warty chameleon (Furcifer verrucosus). Transition forest area, Andohahela National Park, southern Madagascar.

Martin Gabriel / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans), near Yerevan, Armenia.

Martin Gabriel / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans), near Yerevan, Armenia, May.

Martin Gabriel / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans), portrait, near Yerevan, Armenia, May.

Nick Upton / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) sunning on rocks, Leros, Dodecanese islands, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) sunning on rocks, Leros, Dodecanese islands, Greece, August.

Nick Upton / Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) sunning on a rock, Leros, Dodecanese islands, Greece, August.

MYN / JP Lawrence / Elegant snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus pulcher) Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, July. Meetyourneighbours.net project

MYN / Corne van der Linden / Perons snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus plagiocephalus) Perth, Western Australia. March.

MYN / Gil Wizen / Ruppell's snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus rueppellii), Carmel Mountain Range, Israel, March. meetyourneighbours.net project

Inaki Relanzon / Snake (Madagascarophis meridionalis) feeding on Chamaleon (Furcifer sp) Anja reserve, Ambalavao, Madagascar.

Inaki Relanzon / Snake (Madagascarophis meridionalis) feeding on Chamaleon (Furcifer sp) Anja reserve, Ambalavao, Madagascar.

Inaki Relanzon / Snake (Madagascarophis meridionalis) feeding on Chamaleon (Furcifer sp) Anja reserve, Ambalavao, Madagascar.

Inaki Relanzon / Chamaleon (Furcifer sp) fighting Malagasy cat eyed snake (Madagascarophis meridionalis) which is trying to predate it, Anja reserve, Ambalavao, Madagascar.

Inaki Relanzon / Chamaleon (Furcifer sp) fighting Malagasy cat eyed snake (Madagascarophis meridionalis) attempting to predated Anja reserve, Ambalavao, Madagascar.

Edwin Giesbers / Head portrait of Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) with mouth open, Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / Portrait of Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) Lesbos, Greece

Edwin Giesbers / Portrait of Snake-eyed lizard (Ophisops elegans) Lesbos, Greece

Robin Chittenden / Snake eyed lizard {Ophisops elegans} male, Kos, Greece

Claudio Velasquez / Snake {Madagascarophis colubrinus} swallowing gecko, Ankarana NR, Madagascar

Chris Mattison / Budak's skink / Budak's snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus budaki) on white background, Akamas, Cyprus.

Chris Mattison / Budak's skink / Budak's snake-eyed skink (Ablepharus budaki) portrait, showing short legs, Akamas, Cyprus.

Etienne Littlefair / Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis), feeding on a Diporiphora sp. lizard on the Arnhem Highway, Northern Territory, Australia, December.

Robert Valentic / Ragged snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus pannosus) from Waukaringa, Australia. Controlled conditions.

Robert Valentic / Metallic snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus metallicus) from riparian Paperbark Forest near Gregory Downs in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.

Robert Valentic / Inland snake-eyed skink (Cryptoblepharus australis) from Acacia shrubland, central Queensland, Australia. Controlled conditions.