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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. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different habitats except arctic and subarctic regions. Description Skinks look like lizards of the family Lacertidae (sometimes called ''true lizards''), but most species of skinks have no pronounced neck and relatively small legs. Several genera (e.g., '' Typhlosaurus'') have no limbs at all. This is not true for all skinks, however, as some species such as the red-eyed crocodile skink have a head that is very distinguished from the body. These lizards also have legs that are relatively small proportional to their body size. Skinks' skulls are covered by substantial bony scales, usually matching up in shape and size, while overlapping. Oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scincella Lateralis
''Scincella lateralis'', formerly Lygosoma laterale is a small species of skink found throughout much of the eastern half of the United States, and into northern Mexico. The ground skink differs from the majority of North American lizard species in that it is generally considered a forest dweller. Common names for this species include the little brown skink and the ground skink. However, the common name, ground skink, may refer to any species in the genus ''Scincella''. Description The little brown skink is one of the smallest reptiles in North America, with a total length (including tail) of only 3 - 5.5 inches (7.5 - 14.5 cm). Its back is typically a copper (color), coppery brown color with a white or yellow underside, and like most skinks has an elongated body and short legs. Transparent disks in the lower eyelids allow it to see with its eyes closed (Beane 2006, Palmer et al. 1995). Females tend to grow faster and be larger than males. Scincella lateralis exhibits sex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solomon Islands Skink
The Solomon Islands skink (''Corucia zebrata''), also known as prehensile-tailed skink, monkey-tailed skink, giant skink, zebra skink, and monkey skink, is an arboreal species of skink endemic to the Solomon Islands archipelago. It is the largest known extant species of skink. The Solomon Islands skink is completely herbivorous, eating many different fruits and vegetables including the pothos plant. It is one of the few species of reptile known to function within a social group or circulus. Both male and female specimens are known to be territorial and often hostile towards members not a part of their family group. ''Corucia'' is a monotypic genus, containing a single species. However, in 1997 it was determined that there are two subspecies of the Solomon Islands skink: the common monkey-tailed skink (''Corucia zebrata zebrata'') and the northern monkey-tailed skink (''Corucia zebrata alfredschmidti)''. Among other variances, the northern skink is smaller and has darker eye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard
The ''Tiliqua scincoides scincoides,'' or eastern blue-tongued lizard, is native to Australia. It is unique due to its blue tongue, which can be used to warn off predators. In addition to flashing its blue tongue, the skink hisses and puffs up its chest to assert dominance and appear bigger when in the presence of its predators such as large snakes and birds. The eastern blue tongue is ovoviviparous and precocial, meaning that its young are more developed and advanced at their time of birth. The ''Tiliqua scincoides scincoides'' is not venomous to humans and can be found in suburban and urban areas, specifically in house gardens. Nomenclature The eastern blue-tongued lizard (''Tiliqua scincoides scincoides'') is a species of skink in the genus Tiliqua. The ''Tiliqua scincoides scincoide''s can also be called the common blue tongue, the eastern bluetongue, the eastern blue-tongued lizard, or skink. The ''Tiliqua scincoides scincoide''s is in the Animalia kingdom, the Chordata p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tribolonotus Gracilis
''Tribolonotus gracilis'', commonly known as the red-eyed crocodile skink, is a species of skink that is sometimes kept as an exotic pet. The species is endemic to New Guinea, where it lives in a tropical rainforest habitat. It was first described by Nelly de Rooij in 1909. Behavior ''Tribolonotus gracilis'' is one of the few species 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. ...s that vocalize when in distress. When startled, they tend to freeze and have been known to "play dead" (even when handled). Reproduction The red-eyed crocodile skink's sex can be identified by the white pads, or pores, on their hind feet. Only males have these "pores". Females have only a single working ovary (right ovary), laying one egg at a time. The female often curls around the egg an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scincomorpha
Scincomorpha is an infraorder and clade of lizards including skinks (Scincidae) and their close relatives. These include the living families Cordylidae (girdled lizards), Gerrhosauridae (plated lizards), and Xantusiidae (night lizards), as well as many extinct taxa. Other roughly equivalent terms include the suborder Scinciformata, or the superfamily Scincoidea, though different authors use these terms in a broader or more restricted usage relative to true skinks. They first appear in the fossil record about 170 million years ago, during the Jurassic period.Evans, S.E. and Jones, M.E.H. (2010). "The Origin, Early History and Diversification of Lepidosauromorph Reptiles," pp. 27-44 in Bandyopadhyay, S. (ed.), ''New Aspects of Mesozoic Biodiversity'', 27 Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 132./ref> The phylogeny below follows that of Alifanov in 2016. Image:Polyglyphanadon sternbergi - IMG 0694.jpg, '' Polyglyphanodon, Polyglyphanodon sternbergi'' File:Bronze Grass Skink (Mabuya m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabuyinae
Mabuyinae is a subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the ''Mabuya'' group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. They have a pantropical distribution, being found throughout the tropics of Asia, Africa, and the Americas (but excluding most of Australasia aside from '' Eutropis multifasciata'', found in New Guinea). Although originating in and having most species in the Old World, they managed to colonize the Americas in the Miocene; the common ancestor of the American genera is thought to have rafted across the Atlantic from Africa to South America about 18 million years ago, with the skinks diversifying across the Americas and evolving into many new genera. 6 genera ('' Alinea, Capitellum'', ''Copeoglossum'', ''Mabuya'', ''Marisora'', ''Spondylurus'') are found in the Caribbean (with ''Alinea'', ''Capitellum'', ''Mabuya'', and ''Spondylurus'' being exclusively Caribbean genera, while ''Marisora'' and ''Copeo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neoseps
The Florida sand skink (''Plestiodon reynoldsi'') is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae, the skinks. It is endemic to Florida in the United States. Taxonomy and etymology It was described as a new genus and new species by Leonhard Stejneger in 1910 and named in honor of a certain Mr. A.G. Reynolds of Gulfport, Florida, who had collected the holotype.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (''Neoseps reynoldsi'', p. 220). Description A unique lizard adapted to an underground existence, the Florida sand skink measures in total length and is a gray to tan color. Its forelegs are tiny and bear only one toe each; its hindlegs are small and have two toes. The tail comprises about half of the animal's total length. The sand skink has a wedge-shaped head, a partially countersunk lower jaw, body grooves into which the forelegs can be folded, and small eyes which h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lygosominae
Lygosominae is the largest subfamily of skinks in the family Scincidae. The subfamily can be divided into a number of genus groups. If the rarely used taxonomic rank of infrafamily is employed, the genus groups would be designated as such, but such a move would require a formal description according to the ICZN standards. Genera Several Lygosominae genera were notorious " wastebin taxa" in the past, with scientists assigning more or less closely related species to them in a haphazard fashion and without verifying that the new species were close relatives of the genera's type species. What was once placed in '' Lygosoma'', for example, is now divided among some 15 genera, not all in this subfamily. Similarly, ''Mabuya'' and '' Sphenomorphus'' are having species moved elsewhere. *'' Haackgreerius'' (monotypic: endemic to coastal Somalia) *'' Lamprolepis'' – tree skinks *'' Lygosoma'' – writhing skinks *''Mochlus'' - African spp. (synonym ''Lepidothyris'') *''Riopa'' *'' Subdol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sphenomorphinae
Sphenomorphinae is a large subfamily of skinks, lizards within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong to the '' Sphenomorphus'' group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. Genera The subfamily Sphenomorphinae contains 591 species in 41 genera. * ''Anomalopus'' (4 species) * ''Asymblepharus'' (3 species) * '' Calorodius'' (1 species) * '' Calyptotis'' (4 species) * ''Coeranoscincus'' (2 species) * '' Coggeria'' (1 species) * '' Concinnia'' (7 species) * ''Ctenotus'' (103 species) * '' Eremiascincus'' (15 species) * ''Eulamprus'' (5 species) * '' Fojia'' (1 species) * ''Glaphyromorphus'' (11 species) * '' Gnypetoscincus'' (1 species) * '' Hemiergis'' (7 species) * '' Insulasaurus'' (4 species) * '' Isopachys'' (4 species) * '' Kaestlea'' (5 species) * '' Lankascincus'' (10 species) * '' Larutia'' (9 species) * '' Leptoseps'' (2 species) * ''Lerista'' (97 species) * ''Lipinia'' (28 species) * '' Nangura'' (1 species) * ''Notoscincus'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scincinae
Scincinae is a subfamily of lizards. The subfamily contains 33 genera, and the genera contain a combined total of 284 species, commonly called skinks. The systematics is at times controversial. The group is probably paraphyletic. It is one of three subfamilies of the family Scincidae, the other two being Acontinae and Lygosominae. Genera The subfamily Scincinae contains the following 35 genera, of which seven are monotypic. *'' Amphiglossus'' (2 species) *'' Ateuchosaurus'' (2 species) *'' Barkudia'' (2 species) *''Brachymeles'' (42 species) *'' Brachyseps'' (8 species) *''Chalcides'' (32 species) *'' Chalcidoceps'' (monotypic) *'' Eumeces'' (6 species) *'' Eurylepis'' (2 species) *'' Feylinia'' (6 species) *''Flexiseps'' (15 species) *'' Gongylomorphus'' (monotypic) *'' Grandidierina'' (4 species) *'' Hakaria'' (monotypic) *'' Janetaescincus'' (2 species) *'' Jarujinia'' (monotypic) *'' Madascincus'' (12 species) *''Melanoseps'' (8 species) *'' Mesoscincus' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugongylinae
Eugongylinae is a subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the '' Eugongylus'' group in the large subfamily Lygosominae. Genera The subfamily Eugongylinae contains 469 species in 51 genera. * '' Ablepharus'' (18 species) * '' Acritoscincus'' (3 species) * '' Alpinoscincus'' (2 species) * '' Anepischetosia'' (1 species) * '' Austroablepharus'' (3 species) * '' Caesoris'' (1 species) * '' Caledoniscincus'' (14 species) * ''Carinascincus (8 species) * '' Carlia'' (46 species) * '' Celatiscincus'' (2 species) * '' Cophoscincopus'' (4 species) * ''Cryptoblepharus'' (53 species) * ''Emoia'' (78 species) * '' Epibator'' (3 species) * '' Eroticoscincus'' (1 species) * '' Eugongylus'' (5 species) * ''Geomyersia'' (2 species) * '' Geoscincus'' (1 species) * '' Graciliscincus'' (1 species) * '' Harrisoniascincus'' (1 species) * '' Kanakysaurus'' (2 species) * '' Kuniesaurus'' (1 species) * '' Lacertaspis'' (5 species) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Typhlosaurus
''Typhlosaurus'' is a genus of African lizards, one of a number of genera of limbless lizards in the skink family ( Scincidae). This group was recently revised with most species formerly attributed to ''Typhlosaurus'' now placed in ''Acontias''. The current definition of ''Typhlosaurus'' includes five attenuate body legless lizards from southwestern Africa (South Africa, Namibia, Botswana and Angola). This is the sister genus to ''Acontias'', which together form the well supported Afrotropical subfamily Acontinae. Species Five species are recognized as being valid. www.reptile-database.org. *''Typhlosaurus braini'' Haacke, 1964 – Haacke's legless skink, Brain's legless skink, Brain's blind legless skink *''Typhlosaurus caecus'' (Cuvier, 1817) – southern blind legless skink, Cuvier's legless skink *''Typhlosaurus lomiae'' Haacke, 1986 – Lomi's blind legless skink *''Typhlosaurus meyeri'' Boettger, 1894 – Meyer's blind legless skink, variable blind legless skink *''Typh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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