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Pages in category "Skinks of Africa" The following 109 pages are in this category, out of 109 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Acontias albigularis;
Cape skink native to South Africa. Skinks are very specific in their habitat as some can depend on vegetation while others may depend on land and the soil. [18] As a family, skinks are cosmopolitan; species occur in a variety of habitats worldwide, apart from boreal and polar regions. Various species occur in ecosystems ranging from deserts and ...
Mochlus sundevallii, also known commonly as Peters' eyelid skink, Peters' writhing skink, and Sundevall's writhing skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mochlus mabuiiformis (Loveridge, 1935) – Mabuya-like writhing skink; Mochlus mafianus (Broadley, 1994) – mafia writhing skink; Mochlus mocquardi (Chabanaud, 1917) – Mocquard's writhing skink [3] Mochlus paedocarinatus Lanza & Carfi, 1968 – Lanza's writhing skink, Abyssinian writhing skink; Mochlus pembanus Boettger, 1913 – Pemba ...
The African striped skink (Trachylepis striata), commonly called the striped skink, is a species of lizard in the skink family . The species is widespread in East Africa and Southern Africa. It is not a close relation to the Australian striped skink, Ctenotus taeniolatus. Hunting a juvenile southern tree agama. The attempt was unsuccessful.
Mochlus hinkeli, also known commonly as Hinkel's red-flanked skink and Hinkel's red-sided skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] The species is native to eastern Central Africa and East Africa .
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 ...
Chalcides bottegi, also known commonly as Bottego's cylindrical skink or the ocellated skink, is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to East Africa , the Horn of Africa , and Northeast Africa .