scincid lizard

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scincid 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.

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 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)

Chemosensory recognition of familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics by the scincid lizard Eumeces laticeps.