Family

Scincidae

231 species · Animals

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Bronze Grass Skink

Eutropis macularia (Blyth, 1853)

Eutropis macularia, the bronze grass skink, is a small keel-scaled skink found across South and Southeast Asia.

Longtail Mabuya

Eutropis longicaudata (Hallowell, 1857)

Eutropis longicaudata is a skink species from East and Southeast Asia with documented unusual reproductive behaviors.

Keeled Indian Mabuya

Eutropis carinata (Schneider, 1801)

Eutropis carinata is a medium-sized diurnal terrestrial skink found across South Asia that lays eggs in late wet season.

Sri Lanka Bronze Skink

Eutropis madaraszi (Méhely, 1897)

Eutropis madaraszi is a widespread terrestrial Sri Lankan skink with distinct color patterns, found across multiple elevations and habitats.

Paraguay White-lined Skink

Aspronema dorsivittatum (Cope, 1862)

The Paraguay mabuya, Aspronema dorsivittatum, is a species of skink native to five South American countries.

Heath's Small-headed Skink

Brasiliscincus heathi (Schmidt & Inger, 1951)

Brasiliscincus heathi, the Brazilian mabuya, is an ovoviviparous skink species endemic to Brazilian savannas.

South American Spotted Skink

Copeoglossum nigropunctatum (Spix, 1825)

Copeoglossum nigropunctatum is a South American skink species with distinctive copper-colored skin and striped flanks.

Central American Mabuya

Marisora unimarginata (Cope, 1862)

Marisora unimarginata, the Central American mabuya, is a skink species found in three Central American countries.

Cope's Mabuya

Notomabuya frenata (Cope, 1862)

Notomabuya frenata is a viviparous, diurnal skink with larger females, that eats mostly small arthropods and occasionally other lizards or conspecifics.

Bridled Skink

Heremites vittatus (Olivier, 1804)

Heremites vittatus, the bridled mabuya, is a skink species from North Africa and the Middle East that feeds on insects and arthropods.

Levant Skink

Heremites auratus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Heremites auratus is a skink species confirmed to live in Greece and Turkey, with possible wider distribution.

Golden grass mabuya

Heremites septemtaeniatus (Reuss, 1834)

Heremites septemtaeniatus, the golden grass mabuya or southern grass skink, is a skink species found in the Middle East.

Mainland Sheoak Skink

Cyclodomorphus michaeli Wells & Wellington, 1984

Cyclodomorphus michaeli, the coastal she-oak slender bluetongue, is an endemic Australian scincid lizard.

Tasmanian Sheoak Skink

Cyclodomorphus casuarinae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

Cyclodomorphus casuarinae, the she-oak skink, is a large, snake-like viviparous skink endemic to Tasmania, Australia.

Pink-tongued Skink

Cyclodomorphus gerrardii (Gray, 1845)

Cyclodomorphus gerrardii is a relatively large, pink-tongued lizard endemic to eastern Australia, living in moist forest habitats.

Solomon Islands Skink

Corucia zebrata Gray, 1855

Corucia zebrata, the Solomon Islands skink, is the largest extant skink, an arboreal herbivorous reptile endemic to the Solomon Islands region.

Common Bluetongue

Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790)

Tiliqua scincoides, the blue-tongued skink, is a large diurnal omnivorous lizard popular as a pet, native to Australia and nearby areas.

Shingleback

Tiliqua rugosa (Gray, 1825)

Tiliqua rugosa, also called two-headed skink, is a viviparous monogamous skink found in arid/semiarid Australia with unique traits including its blue tongue.