Based on the advances in morphology,chromosome,molecular biology and combined with other researches,the problems of systematics in the genus Teratoscincus were brought forward.

• 本文结合文献资料和实物标本，对沙虎属的形态分类概况、染色体研究及分子生物学进展进行了初步总结；并在此基础上，提出了沙虎属尚待研究的问题。