scincid


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Noun1.scincid - alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scalesscincid - 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 lizard, skink
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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Borges-Landaez PA and Shine R (2003) Influence of toe-clipping on running speed in Eulamprus quoyii, an Australian scincid lizard.
Identification of individual Striped Legless Lizards Delma impar using the dorsal head scale pattern
2010 A new species of scincid lizard (genus Sphenomorphus) from Palawan Island, Philippines.
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The systematic significance of the number of presacral vertebrae in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya.
Desarrollo embrionario del craneo en la lagartija vivipara Mabuya (Squamata: Scincidae)
Melville, "Competition and character displacement in two species of scincid lizards," Ecology Letters, vol.
Body size mediated coexistence in swans
Shine, "The influence of hydric environments during egg incubation on embryonic heart rates and offspring phenotypes in a scincid lizard (Lampropholis guichenoti)," Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, vol.
Climate-related variation in body dimensions within four lacertid species
Six characters of systematic importance in the scincid lizard genus Mabuya.
Redescubrimiento de Mabuya Berengerae, Mabuya pergravis (Squamata: Scincidae) y coniophanes andresensis (Squamata: Colubridae) y evaluacion de su estado de amenaza en las islas de San Andres y Providencia, Colombia
The adaptive significance of color pattern polymorphism in the Australian Scincid Lizard Lampropholis delicata.
Papel del microhabitat en la depredacion de hembras con patrones dorsales alternativos en una pequena lagartija de Costa Rica (Squamata: Dactyloidae)
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION--The collection of Pleistoceneage bones of lizards from Fowlkes Cave contains six or more taxa conservatively including one species of crotaphytid, three or more species of phrynosomatids, one scincid, and one teiid.
Late Pleistocene lizards from Fowlkes Cave, Culberson County, Texas
Clutch size in the tropical scincid lizard Emoia sanfordi, a species endemic to the Vanuatu Archipelago.
Notes on reproduction of the littoral skink Emoia Atrocostata (Squamata: Scincidae) from Oceania
The Australian scincid lizard Menetia greyii: a new instance of widespread vertebrate parthenogenesis.
Effects of selling on offspring survival and reproduction in a colonial simultaneous hermaphrodite (Bugula stolonifera, Bryozoa)
Convergent and alternative designs in the digital adhesive pads of scincid lizards.
Analysis of the microstructure of Xenodontinae snake scales associated with different habitat occupation strategies/Analise da microestrutura de escamas de serpentes Xenodontinae em associacao a ocupacao de diferentes microhabitats
Melanoseps loveridgei is a wide-ranging fossorial savanna scincid lizard known from south-eastern Katanga in Democratic Republic of Congo, northern Mozambique, through eastern to northern Tanzania.
Life history notes on loveridge's limbless skink Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Esteve, 1981 (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae)/Notas sobre historia natural del esquinco sin patas Melanoseps loveridgei Brygoo & Roux-Esteve, 1981 (Sauria: Scincidae: Feylininae)

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