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The fire skink is a fairly large species of skink, reaching up to 37 cm (15 in) in total length (including tail). [2] The most notable aspect of the fire skink's appearance is its vivid, bright colors. Smooth, gold scales adorn the fire skink's back, while red and black bars set against a silver background line its sides.
Mochlus fernandi (Burton, 1836) – fire skink; Mochlus grandisonianus Lanza & Carfi, 1966 – Lanza's writhing skink; Mochlus guineensis (W. Peters, 1879) – Guinean forest skink; Mochlus hinkeli Wagner, Böhme, Pauwels & Schmitz, 2009 – Hinkel's red-sided skink, Hinkel's red-flanked skink; Mochlus laeviceps (W. Peters, 1874) – common ...
Most skinks, though, are medium-sized, with snout-to-vent lengths around 12 cm (4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in), although some grow larger; the Solomon Islands skink (Corucia zebrata) is the largest known extant species and may attain a snout-to-vent length of some 35 cm (14 in).
It is also the most-used fire retardant in the world, according to a 2022 report in the Associated Press. With wildfires raging in southern California over the last week, images have since ...
Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults). It is technically appropriate to call it the American five-lined skink to distinguish it from the African skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as five-lined mabuya) or the eastern red-headed skink to distinguish it from its western relative Plestiodon skiltonianus ...
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The King's skink (Egernia kingii) is one of the longest skinks and can exceed a length of 55 cm (22 in) [143] with a SVL of 24.4 cm (9.6 in) [159] and weighing 220 g (7.8 oz). [citation needed] Other large skinks are Cunningham's spiny-tailed skink (Egernia cunninghami) and yakka skink (Egernia rugosa), both of which reach a length in 40 cm (16 ...
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