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Eumeces algeriensis, commonly called the Algerian skink, Algerian orange-tailed skink, Berber's skink, [2] in French eumece d'Algérie, or in Spanish bulán, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. [3] The species is endemic to the Maghreb region of North Africa. [3]
Ctenotus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia. The genus Ctenotus belongs to a clade in the Sphenomorphus group which contains such genera as Anomalopus and the close relatives Eulamprus and Gnypetoscincus.
Chalcides sepsoides, the wedge-snouted skink, is a common and widespread species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is found in Tunisia , [ 2 ] Libya , Egypt , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Israel , Jordan , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and the Palestinian territories .
Eumeces schneiderii, commonly known as Schneider's skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Central Asia , Western Asia , and North Africa . There are five recognized subspecies .
The genus Sphenomorphus – vernacularly also known as the common skinks – currently serves as a "wastebin taxon" for numerous skinks. While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives, the genus as presently delimited is likely to be not monophyletic and is in need of review. [ 1 ]
The bronze grass skink, bronze mabuya or speckled forest skink (Eutropis macularia), is a species of skink found in South and Southeast Asia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is a common, but shy, ground-dwelling species that is active both day and night.
A many-striped skink in Bali, Indonesia. Eutropis multifasciata is a species of skink that often shows prominent coloured dorsal bands. They have a number of other distinctive features that allows this species to be distinguised from other species, particularly in the detail of the arrangement of their scales. Their snout is moderate to obtuse ...
The African five-lined skink (Trachylepis quinquetaeniata, formerly Mabuya quinquetaeniata), or rainbow mabuya, is a north-central African species of skink lizard.. T. margaritifera is another closely related skink species that is also called the "rainbow skink" (although it occurs primarily in Eastern Africa); T. margaritifera, overall, possesses more colourful, "rainbow"-like scales (as ...