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Ocellated Bronze Skink
Chalcides ocellatus (Forskal, 1775)
Chalcides ocellatus is a small, live-bearing generalist skink found across varied Mediterranean habitats, notable for its ocelli and variable coloration.
Italian Three-toed Skink
Chalcides chalcides (Linnaeus, 1758)
Chalcides chalcides, the Italian three-toed skink, is a three-toed limb skink native to Italy and North Africa, with three distinct colour variants.
Eastern Skink
Scincus mitranus Anderson, 1871
Scincus mitranus, the eastern skink, is an ovoviviparous sand-dwelling lizard found across the Arabian Peninsula, western Iran, and possibly Pakistan.
Common Burrowing Skink
Scelotes bipes (Linnaeus, 1766)
Scelotes bipes, the silvery dwarf or common burrowing skink, is a lizard species endemic to South Africa.
Western Skink
Plestiodon skiltonianus Baird & Girard, 1852
Plestiodon skiltonianus (western skink) is a lizard with distinct striped patterning found across western North America in open, often moist habitats.
Blue-tailed Skink
Plestiodon quadrilineatus Blyth, 1853
Plestiodon quadrilineatus (Hong Kong or four-striped skink) is a lizard species found in China, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Many-lined Skink
Plestiodon multivirgatus Hallowell, 1857
Plestiodon multivirgatus (many-lined skink) is a medium-sized skink with two subspecies, native to central-southwestern North America.
Shanghai Elegant Skink
Plestiodon elegans (Boulenger, 1887)
Plestiodon elegans is a species of skink found in China, northern Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan's Senkaku Islands.
Shortnose Skink
Plestiodon brevirostris (Günther, 1860)
Plestiodon brevirostris, the short-nosed skink, is an ovoviviparous lizard endemic to high elevation habitats in Mexico.
Chinese Skink
Plestiodon chinensis (Gray, 1838)
Plestiodon chinensis, the Chinese blue-tailed skink, is a large stout lizard with distinct age-related color changes.
Coal Skink
Plestiodon anthracinus Baird, 1849
Plestiodon anthracinus (coal skink) is a mid-sized North American four-lined skink with two recognized subspecies and distinct traits.
Mountain Skink
Plestiodon callicephalus (Bocourt, 1879)
Plestiodon callicephalus, the mountain skink, is a medium-sized lizard native to southwestern US and western Mexico.
Cope's Skink
Plestiodon copei (Taylor, 1933)
Cope's skink (Plestiodon copei) is a viviparous scincid lizard endemic to central Mexico.
Duges' Skink
Plestiodon dugesii (Thominot, 1883)
Plestiodon dugesii, or Dugès' skink, is an endemic ovoviviparous forest lizard of central Mexico's Guanajuato and Michoacán.
Mole Skink
Plestiodon egregius Baird, 1858
Plestiodon egregius, the bluetail mole skink, is a small cylindrical lizard native to central Florida.
Common Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon fasciatus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Plestiodon fasciatus (the American five-lined skink) is a small to medium-sized lizard with a wide North American range and egg-laying reproduction.
Gilbert's Skink
Plestiodon gilberti (Van Denburgh, 1896)
Plestiodon gilberti, or Gilbert's skink, is a heavy-bodied small-legged lizard native to western North America.
Southeastern Five-lined Skink
Plestiodon inexpectatus (Taylor, 1932)
Plestiodon inexpectatus, the southeastern five-lined skink, is a striped lizard found in the southeastern US that lays and broods eggs.
Broad-headed Skink
Plestiodon laticeps (Schneider, 1801)
Plestiodon laticeps, the broad-headed skink, is a large North American skink native to the southeastern US.
Oak Forest Skink
Plestiodon lynxe (Wiegmann, 1834)
Plestiodon lynxe, the oak forest skink, is a viviparous scincid lizard endemic to Mexico that lives in high-elevation oak forests.
Great Plains Skink
Plestiodon obsoletus Baird & Girard, 1852
Plestiodon obsoletus, the Great Plains skink, is a large North American skink native to the Great Plains region.
Prairie Skink
Plestiodon septentrionalis Baird, 1858
Plestiodon septentrionalis, the prairie skink, is a small North American lizard with two separated subspecies, detailed here.
Four-lined Skink
Plestiodon tetragrammus Baird, 1859
Plestiodon tetragrammus is a skink species with two subspecies found in the southern US and northern Mexico.
Japanese Skink
Plestiodon japonicus (Peters, 1864)
Plestiodon japonicus is a Japanese skink species with distinct coloration by age and sex, and the broadest distribution of any skink in Japan.
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