scincid lizard


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Noun1.scincid lizard - alert agile lizard with reduced limbs and an elongated body covered with shiny scalesscincid lizard - 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, 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. Journal of Herpetology 37, 592-595.
Identification of individual Striped Legless Lizards Delma impar using the dorsal head scale pattern
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)
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
Melanoseps loveridgei is a live bearing scincid lizard having a litter size of three young.
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)
Chemosensory recognition of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics by the scincid lizard Eumeces laticeps.
Pheromone detection of conspecifics by the Five-Lined Skink, Eumeces fasciatus
Placental ontogeny of the Tasmanian scincid lizard, Niveoscincus ocellatus (Reptilia: Squamata).
Histologia de las membranas extraembrionarias durante la retencion intrauterine en sceloporus aeneus (squamata: phrynosomatidae)
Males of the scincid lizard, Mabuya capensis, from South Africa followed a testicular cycle similar to T.
Reproductive cycle of the Kalahari tree skink, Trachylepis spilogaster (Squamata: Scincidae) from southern Africa

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