Scincidae

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Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937)

Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937)

Scincella silvicola (Taylor, 1937)

Scincella silvicola is a small common skink species found in forest and scrub habitats in Mexico.

Forest Ground Skink

Forest Ground Skink

Scincella gemmingeri (Cope, 1864)

Scincella gemmingeri, the forest ground skink, is an ovoviviparous skink found across multiple eastern Mexican states.

Van Denburgh's Ground Skink

Van Denburgh's Ground Skink

Scincella formosensis (Van Denburgh, 1912)

Van Denburgh's ground skink (Scincella formosensis) is a skink species endemic to Taiwan.

Little Brown Skink

Little Brown Skink

Scincella lateralis (Say, 1822)

Scincella lateralis, the little brown ground skink, is a small sexually dimorphic skink widespread across eastern North America.

Reeves's Ground Skink

Reeves's Ground Skink

Scincella reevesii (Gray, 1838)

Reeves's smooth skink (Scincella reevesii) is an ovoviviparous skink species endemic to Asia.

Brown Forest Skink

Brown Forest Skink

Scincella cherriei (Cope, 1893)

Scincella cherriei, or the brown forest skink, is an oviparous skink species native to Central America and southeastern Mexico.

Red Forest Skink

Red Forest Skink

Scincella assata (Cope, 1864)

The red forest skink (Scincella assata) is a skink species native to several countries in Central America and southern North America.

Yellow-bellied Three-toed Skink

Yellow-bellied Three-toed Skink

Saiphos equalis (Gray, 1825)

Saiphos equalis is an Australian skink with varying reproductive modes that once had a female produce both eggs and live young from one pregnancy.

Banded Lipinia

Banded Lipinia

Lipinia vittigera (Boulenger, 1894)

Lipinia vittigera is a skink species from the genus Lipinia native to multiple countries in Southeast Asia.

Lipinia microcerca (Boettger, 1901)

Lipinia microcerca (Boettger, 1901)

Lipinia microcerca (Boettger, 1901)

Lipinia microcerca is a species of skink found in parts of mainland Southeast Asia that was reclassified from subspecies status in 2019.

Eastern Robust Slider

Eastern Robust Slider

Lerista punctatovittata (Günther, 1867)

Lerista punctatovittata is a small skink with tiny limbs found across inland eastern Australia in semi-arid and sandy habitats.

Southeastern Slider

Southeastern Slider

Lerista bougainvillii (Gray, 1839)

Lerista bougainvillii, or Bougainville's skink, is a snake-like skink found in southeastern Australia with variable reproduction.

Southern Three-toed Earless Skink

Southern Three-toed Earless Skink

Hemiergis decresiensis (Cuvier, 1829)

Hemiergis decresiensis is a small burrowing thin lizard with smooth scales that lays quickly-hatching oval eggs.

Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink

Eastern Three-toed Earless Skink

Hemiergis talbingoensis Copland, 1946

The Victoria three-toed earless skink (Hemiergis talbingoensis) is a skink species found in southeastern Australia.

Lowlands Earless Skink

Lowlands Earless Skink

Hemiergis peronii (Gray, 1831)

Hemiergis peronii is a species averaging 8 cm snout-vent length, found in coastal and subcoastal southeastern and southwestern Australia.

Southwestern Earless Skink

Southwestern Earless Skink

Hemiergis initialis (Werner, 1910)

Hemiergis initialis, the southwestern earless skink, is a skink species found in South Australia and Western Australia.

Two-toed Earless Skink

Two-toed Earless Skink

Hemiergis quadrilineatus (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

The two-toed earless skink (Hemiergis quadrilineatus) is a common small skink from south-western coastal Western Australia.

Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink

Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink

Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis (Macleay, 1877)

The black-tailed bar-lipped skink is a skink species found in parts of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.

Southern Water Skink

Southern Water Skink

Eulamprus tympanum (Lönnberg & Andersson, 1915)

Eulamprus tympanum, the southern water skink, is a medium-sized viviparous skink native to southeastern Australia, living near fresh water.

Yellow-bellied Water Skink

Yellow-bellied Water Skink

Eulamprus heatwolei Wells & Wellington, 1983

Eulamprus heatwolei is a species of skink native to southeastern Australia that lives in rocky waterside and forest habitats.

Eastern Water Skink

Eastern Water Skink

Eulamprus quoyii Duméril & Bibron, 1839

Eulamprus quoyii, the Eastern water skink, is a viviparous skink found along Australia’s temperate east coast.

Broad-banded Sand-swimmer

Broad-banded Sand-swimmer

Eremiascincus richardsonii (Gray, 1845)

Eremiascincus richardsonii, the Broad Banded Sand-Swimmer, is a medium-sized Australian arid-dwelling oviparous skink.

Southern Bar-sided Skink

Southern Bar-sided Skink

Concinnia tenuis (Gray, 1831)

Concinnia tenuis, the bar-sided forest-skink, is a skink species found in Queensland and New South Wales, Australia.

Lemon-barred Forest Skink

Lemon-barred Forest Skink

Concinnia ampla (Covacevich & Mcdonald, 1980)

The lemon-barred forest-skink is a species of sound-producing skink found in Queensland, Australia.

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