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The (American) five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to North America . It is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada .
The eastern skink (Scincus mitranus), also known as the Arabian sand skink or the eastern sandfish, is a species of lizard in the skink family, Scincidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is endemic to the deserts and arid lands of the east-southeastern Arabian Peninsula north to Western Iran .
The clutch size varies and is typically around 5 to 10 eggs. The hatchlings appear in late summer. ... 1861 – Far Eastern skink, ... 1861 – Bermuda skink ...
Skink genomes are typically about 1.5 Gb, approximately one-half the size of the human genome. The Christmas Island blue-tailed skink ( Cryptoblepharus egeriae ) was sequenced in 2022, representing the first skink reference genome.
The Tiliqua scincoides scincoides, or eastern blue-tongued lizard, is native to Australia.Its blue tongue 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 Okada's five-lined skink [2] or Far Eastern skink [1] (Plestiodon latiscutatus, Jap. オカダトカゲ Okada-Tokage ) is a species of lizard which is endemic to Japan . [ 3 ]
The eastern three-lined skink (Acritoscincus duperreyi), also known commonly as the bold-striped cool-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia .
The eastern striped skink (Ctenotus robustus) is a species of skink found in a wide variety of habitats around Australia. [3] They are long-tailed, fast moving skinks that are quite large, growing to a maximum length of about 30 cm (including the tail which can make up around 2/3 of its length).