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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]
The Central Ranges rock skink is a moderately large and robust Liopholis species, with a snout–vent length (SVL) of up to 135 mm and a tail length up to 158 mm. The back, sides, limbs and tail are coloured dull orangish-brown with thin black scale margins, with the top and sides of the head a more vibrant orangish shade.
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 .
Liopholis pulchra (F. Werner, 1910) – southwestern rock-skink, spectacled rock skink, Jurien Bay rock-skink; Liopholis slateri (Storr, 1968) – Slater's desert skink, Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, Slater's skink; Liopholis striata (Sternfeld, 1919) – night skink, nocturnal desert-skink, striated egernia
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 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 ]
Eremiascincus isolepis (Boulenger, 1887) – northern bar-lipped skink, short-legged slender skink; Eremiascincus musivus Mecke, Doughty & Donnellan, 2009 – mosaic desert skink; Eremiascincus pallidus (Günther, 1875) – western sand-swimming skink, western narrow-banded skink; Eremiascincus pardalis (Macleay, 1877) – lowlands bar-lipped skink
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 .