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Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766) is a animal in the Scincidae family, order null, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766)

Lygosoma quadrupes is a widely distributed skink species found across southern China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.

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Family
Genus
Lygosoma
Order
Class
Squamata

About Lygosoma quadrupes (Linnaeus, 1766)

Nomenclature

Lygosoma quadrupes, commonly called the short-limbed supple skink or Linnaeus's writhing skink, is a species of skink.

General Distribution Range

It has a wide distribution across southern China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia.

Southeast Asia Distribution Details

Within Southeast Asia, it can be found in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Indonesia (on the islands of Sumatra, Java, and Salayar), and the Philippines (on the islands of Palawan and the Calamian Islands).

Photo: (c) Ramdani, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Ramdani · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Chordata Squamata Scincidae Lygosoma

More from Scincidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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