Striped Skink
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The term striped skink may refer to any one of several species
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Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biological classification and a taxonomic rank. A species is often defined as a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring. While in many cases this definition is adequate, more precise or differing measures are...
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Skink
Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae. Together with several other lizard families, including Lacertidae , they comprise the superfamily or infraorder Scincomorpha...
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- Ctenotus taeniolatusCtenotus taeniolatusThe Australian Striped Skink, also known as the Copper-tailed Ctenotus or Copper-Tailed Skink, is a species of medium-sized skinks found commonly along the eastern seaboard of Australia and throughout the country generally. Striped skinks are found in open bushland and heathland...
, a comb-eared skink from AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area... - Trachylepis striataTrachylepis striataThe African Striped Skink , commonly called the Striped Skink, is a lizard in the skink family . The species is widespread in southern Africa, including extreme southern Angola and Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and parts of central and eastern South Africa.It is not a close...
or Euprepes striata, a skink from AfricaAfricaAfrica is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area... - Oligosoma striatum from New ZealandNew ZealandNew Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, a relative of the mastiff skinks