Skinks

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Any of numerous smooth shiny lizards of the family Scincidae, having a cylindrical body and small or rudimentary legs and living chiefly in temperate and tropical regions.

[Latin scincus, from Greek skinkos.]

skink [skɪŋk]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any lizard of the family Scincidae, commonest in tropical Africa and Asia, having reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with smooth scales Related adj scincoid

[from Latin scincus a lizard, from Greek skinkos]

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Noun

skink - alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scales; more dependent on moisture than most lizards; found in tropical regions worldwide

scincid, scincid lizard

lizard - relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

family Scincidae, Scincidae - skinks

Eumeces skiltonianus, western skink - found in western North American grasslands and open woodlands

Eumeces callicephalus, mountain skink - frequents oak and pine habitats in rocky mountainous areas of United States southwest and Mexico

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Eumeces
Eumeces callicephalus
Eumeces skiltonianus
family Scincidae
genus Eumeces
genus Scincella
genus Scincus
lizard
mountain skink
reptile
Sand skink
Scincella
scincid
scincid lizard
Scincidae
scincoid
Scincoidea
Scincoidian
Scincus

Skinks lay a single egg which is then guarded by both parents for up to 60 days before hatching.

Seized reptile becomes a parent by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

00 Paperback QL663 Unless you have the resources to slither over to the Murray-Darling river system in southern Australia, this collection of data about the astounding frogs, geckos, flap-footed lizards, skinks, dragons, monitor lizards, blind snakes, venomous land snakes and the very special fringe-dweller of the region gives basic knowledge about size, configuration, habitat, habits and tadpole characteristics if appropriate.

Snakes, Lizards and Frogs of the Victorian Mallee by SciTech Book News

We asked for Swiss cheese plants for three monkey-tailed skinks and we were inundated with phone calls and doorstep deliveries.

Letter: Zoo thanks for plants by Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)

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