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    • Salamanquesas y parientes
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    • Skinks
  • Scientific names
    • Scincidae

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Recent observations

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What

Rainbow Mabuya Trachylepis quinquetaeniata

Observer

carmelo_lopez

Date

Nov 7, 2010

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Observer

stevemo

Date

May 24, 2013

Description

apparent re-generated tail

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Gilbert's Skink Plestiodon gilberti

Observer

dknature

Date

May 18, 2013

Description

Adult with red head

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Broad-headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps

Observer

cconder2004

Date

the past

Description

A very fast lizard with an obvious skink body, but a bright red, poisonous snake-like head.

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What

Sabah Slender Skink Sphenomorphus sabanus

Observer

chunxingwong

Date

Aug 22, 2010

Description

A small slender tree skink wandering on a tree trunk close to the ground. Dark orange in color, bright orange on the throat and light cream with black stripes below it's mouth.

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Gilbert's Skink Plestiodon gilberti

Observer

snakeinmypocket

Date

Apr 24, 2012 09:52 AM PDT

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Observer

kjhurme

Date

Mar 9, 2013

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What

Blue-tailed Shinning-skink Cryptoblepharus egeriae

Observer

aap2nd

Date

May 20, 2013 02:06 PM EDT

Description

Gainesville, VA - shady garden wall. About 2:00 pm.

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Observer

ted_k_raab

Date

Apr 21, 2013 01:30 PM PDT

Description

Skink with bright blue tail, 15-17 cm in length, hiding in thick understory in Oak, buckeye- dominated forest.

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What

Broad-headed Skink Plestiodon laticeps

Observer

james5

Date

May 19, 2013
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Description from Wikipedia

Skinks are the most diverse group of lizards. They make up the family Scincidae which shares the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae (the "true" or wall lizards). Scincidae is the largest of the lizard families with about 1200 species.

No range data available.