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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]
Family Scincidae (skinks) - 15 species Ablepharus grayanus (minor snake-eyed skink) Ablepharus pannonicus (Asian snake-eyed skink) Chalcides ocellatus (ocellated skink) Eumeces schneiderii zarudnyi (Schneider's skink, Berber skink or Zarudny's skink) Eurylepis indothalensis (Thal skink) Eurylepis taeniolata (alpine Punjab skink or yellow ...
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.
Eric Worrell is thought to be the first author to use the colloquial name 'ghost skink' in 1963, in reference to Eremiascincus richardsonii. In 1974, Glenn Milton Storr referred to an extremely pale form of E. faciolatus located in the Lake Eyre region of north-eastern South Australia, followed by Allen Eddy Greer in 1979.
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 .
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikispecies; ... Egerniinae is the subfamily of social skinks within the family Scincidae. [1]
C. sepsoides occurs in sandy areas and dunes, including open steppe and bushland with sandy soil. It is nocturnal during the summer and diurnal during the winter. [1]It is a common species that can be locally threatened by habitat loss, overgrazing, and commercial collection, although none of these threats are considered to be very serious, and the species population is stable.
Nostril pierced in a single nasal, or between a nasal and a postnasal; no supranasal; rostral convex, largely m contact with the frontonasal, which is broader than long, and forms a narrow suture with the frontal; the latter as long as frontoparietal and parietals together, in contact with the first, second, and third supraoculars; 4 large ...