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The western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) is a species of small, smooth-scaled lizard with relatively small limbs. It measures about 100 to 210 mm (about 4 to 8.25 inches) in total length (body + tail).
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).
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 ...
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.
Common names for the species include western three-lined skink, New Holland skink and southwestern cool-skink, [3] [4] a name that refers to the cooler climates of its southern distribution range. [5]
The western three-toed skink is native to southwestern parts of Europe. Its range includes Liguria in the extreme northwest of Italy, southern France, Spain and Portugal. . It seems to be absent from eastern Spain and there is an isolated populations near Bordeaux in southwestern Fran
The western mourning skink (Lissolepis luctuosa) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. It is also called the western glossy swamp skink.
Egerniinae is the subfamily of social skinks within the family Scincidae. [1] ... 2011 – Western Pilbara spiny-tailed skink; Egernia depressa (Günther, 1875) ...