''Isopachys anguinoides'', commonly known as the Thai snake skink or Heyer's isopachys, is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae, a family in the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Ski ...
in the
family
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Scincidae.
Geographic range
''I. anguinoides'' is found in
Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
and
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
References
Further reading
*
Boulenger GA. 1914. Descriptions of New Reptiles from Siam. ''J. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam'' 1: 67–70. (''Lygosoma anguinoides'', new species, pp. 67–68).
External links
Flickr Photo by Michael CotaSpecies of Kaeng Krachan National Park, Thailand
Isopachys
Reptiles of Myanmar
Reptiles of Thailand
Reptiles described in 1914
Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger
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