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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 ...
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).
The night skink, nocturnal desert-skink or striated egernia (Liopholis striata) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to western Australia . [ 2 ]
Eremiascincus mostly feed on insects such as moths, termites, beetles, grasshoppers, and spiders but they also consume some small reptile species such as geckos or smaller skinks. [5] They are crepuscular or nocturnal foragers, and forage on the surface of loose substrates. [6] E. phantasmus is oviparous with clutch sizes ranging from 2-7 eggs. [4]
The (northern) coal skink was first described by Baird in 1850; the southern subspecies P. a. pluvialis was identified by Cope in 1880. They are the near the ancestral form for the fasciatus group. [4] The southern coal skink as a subspecies has posterior supralabials with light centers and dark edges, producing a spotted appearance.
The broad-headed skink or broadhead skink (Plestiodon laticeps) is species of lizard, endemic to the southeastern United States. [1] The broadhead skink occurs in sympatry with the five-lined skink (Plestiodon fasciatus) and Southeastern five-lined skink (Plestiodon inexpectatus) in forest of the Southeastern United States. All three species ...
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.
Chalcides ocellatus, or the ocellated skink (also known as the eyed skink or gongilo [2]) is a species of skink found in Greece, southern Italy, Malta, Lebanon, and parts of northern Africa. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] UAE , Israel , [ 6 ] It is also found in Pakistan , India and Sri Lanka .