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The common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia . Additional common names for L. guichenoti include grass skink , Guichenot's grass skink , pale-flecked garden sunskink , and penny lizard .
Riopa punctata, also known as the common dotted garden skink, common snake skink, punctate supple skink, or spotted supple skink is a species of skink found in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Vietnam and Sri Lanka.
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 ...
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 mountains to grasslands.
Lampropholis is a genus of skinks, commonly known as sunskinks, in the lizard subfamily Eugongylinae of the family Scincidae. [1] The genus Lampropholis was previously found to belong to a clade with the genera Niveoscincus, Leiolopisma and others of the Eugongylus group within Lygosominae. [2]
Common cowparsnip is a poisonous plant in the carrot family that has poisonous sap that produces side effects like those of giant hogweed. The oils from common cowparsnip are phototoxic, making ...
Poison Ivy, a well-known toxic plant common in Texas especially during the spring and summer, causes an itchy painful rash. This is caused by its sap that has a clear liquid called urushiol.
Lampropholis delicata, the delicate skink, [2] dark-flecked garden sun skink, [3] garden skink, delicate garden skink, rainbow skink or plague skink, [4] [5] or the metallic skink [6] is native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand and Hawaii where it is commonly found in gardens. [7]