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Florida Sand Skink
Plestiodon reynoldsi (Stejneger, 1910)
Plestiodon reynoldsi, the Florida sand skink, is a sand-adapted underground lizard endemic to Central Florida scrub habitats.
Tamaulipan Shortnose Skink
Plestiodon dicei (Ruthven & Gaige, 1933)
Dice's short-nosed skink (Plestiodon dicei) is a lizard species endemic to northeastern Mexico, long considered a subspecies of Plestiodon brevirostris.
Japanese five-lined skink
Plestiodon finitimus Okamoto & Hikida, 2012
Plestiodon finitimus, the Far Eastern skink, is a lizard species endemic to Japan and Russia.
Schwartze's Skink
Mesoscincus schwartzei (Fischer, 1884)
The Mayan black-headed skink (Mesoscincus schwartzei) is a living skink species found in Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala.
Schneider's Skink
Eumeces schneiderii (Daudin, 1802)
Eumeces schneiderii is an oviparous skink distributed across parts of North Africa, Western Asia, and the Caucasus.
Olive Dasia
Dasia olivacea Gray, 1839
Dasia olivacea is an arboreal Southeast Asian skink that is classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.
Borneo Skink
Dasia vittata (Edeling, 1865)
Dasia vittata is an oviparous, arboreal endemic Borneo lizard called Borneo or striped tree skink.
Western Rock Skink
Trachylepis sulcata (Peters, 1867)
Trachylepis sulcata, the western rock skink, is a skink species found across multiple locations in Africa.
African Striped Skink
Trachylepis striata (Peters, 1844)
Trachylepis striata is a small striped skink that grows to 25 cm total length, often losing its tail to predators.
African Five-lined Skink
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (Lichtenstein, 1823)
Trachylepis quinquetaeniata, the African five-lined skink, is an invasive lizard in Florida native to much of Africa.
Western three-striped skink
Trachylepis occidentalis (Peters, 1867)
The western three-striped skink (Trachylepis occidentalis) is a skink species found in four southern African countries.
Rainbow Skink
Trachylepis margaritifera (Peters, 1854)
Trachylepis margaritifera is a medium-sized variable-colored lizard native to rocky mountainous areas of southern and eastern Africa.
Red-sided Skink
Trachylepis homalocephala (Wiegmann, 1828)
Trachylepis homalocephala is a small striped skink indigenous to Southern Africa that lays six eggs each summer.
Cape Skink
Trachylepis capensis (Gray, 1831)
Trachylepis capensis is a southern African native skink species found across much of South Africa and neighboring countries.
Comoro Island Skink
Trachylepis comorensis (Peters, 1854)
Trachylepis comorensis, the Comoro Island skink, is a skink species found in parts of the western Indian Ocean.
Sudan Mabuya
Trachylepis brevicollis (Wiegmann, 1837)
Trachylepis brevicollis is a robust, diurnal terrestrial skink found across parts of eastern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula.
Ovambo Tree Skink
Trachylepis binotata (Bocage, 1867)
Trachylepis binotata (Ovambo tree skink / Bocage's mabuya) is a skink species found in Namibia and Angola.
Sharp-lipped Mabuya
Trachylepis acutilabris (Peters, 1862)
Trachylepis acutilabris is a species of skink found across four southern and central African countries.
Karasburg Tree Skink
Trachylepis sparsa (Mertens, 1954)
Trachylepis sparsa, the Karasburg tree skink, is a skink species found in Namibia, South Africa, and Botswana.
Gravenhorst's Mabuya
Trachylepis gravenhorstii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Trachylepis gravenhorstii is an oviparous skink found in multiple natural and cultivated habitats across certain regions.
Noronha Skink
Trachylepis atlantica (Schmidt, 1945)
Trachylepis atlantica, the Noronha skink, is a diurnal skink native to the Fernando de Noronha archipelago.
Fire-sided Skink
Trachylepis perrotetii (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)
Trachylepis perrotetii is an oviparous African endemic skink species in the family Scincidae.
Speckled Rock Skink
Trachylepis punctatissima (Smith, 1849)
Trachylepis punctatissima is a striped skink native to multiple countries across southern Africa.
Kalahari Tree Skink
Trachylepis spilogaster (Peters, 1882)
Trachylepis spilogaster, the Kalahari tree skink, is a southern African scincid lizard associated with sociable weaver nests.
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