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Sand skink

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(Zool.) any one of several species of Old World lizards belonging to the genus Seps; as, the ocellated sand skink (Seps ocellatus) of Southern Europe.

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The threatened scrub jay--Florida's only endemic bird--finds shelter amid the brambly brush; the threatened sand skink swims through the sand out of sight like a legless lizard; the gopher tortoise digs a burrow that may be used by up to 300 other species; and the extremely rare yellow-blooming Avon Park harebell clusters in the three lone populations left in the world.
The threatened scrub jay--Florida's only endemic bird--finds shelter amid the brambly brush; the threatened sand skink swims through the sand out of sight like a legless lizard; the gopher tortoise digs a burrow that may be used by up to 300 other species; and the extremely rare yellow-blooming Avon Park harebell dusters in the three lone populations left in the world.
2), the Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon corais couperi), and the sand skink (Neoseps reynoldsi) (USFWS 1999), while the Florida mouse (Podomys floridanus) and gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus, Fig.
 
 
 
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