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The fourth subspecies, T. rugosa asper, is the only one native to eastern Australia, where it goes by the common name of the eastern shingleback. Apart from bobtail and shingleback, a variety of other common names are used in different states, including two-headed skink, [4] stumpy lizard, [5] stumpy-tailed skink, bogeye or boggi, [6] pinecone ...
Blue-tongued skinks [2] comprise the Australasian genus Tiliqua, which contains some of the largest members of the skink family (Scincidae). They are commonly called blue-tongued lizards or simply blue-tongues or blueys in Australia or panana in Indonesia .
Plestiodon gilberti, commonly known as Gilbert's skink, is a species of heavy-bodied medium-sized lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, and grows to about 7 to 12 cm (3 to 4.5 in) in total length (including tail).
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Skinks of Africa (109 P) Skinks of Australia (1 C, 446 P) N. Skinks of New Caledonia (66 P) Skinks of New Guinea (117 P) S. Skinks of Brazil (15 P) This page was ...
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Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults). It is technically appropriate to call it the American five-lined skink to distinguish it from the African skink Trachylepis quinquetaeniata (otherwise known as five-lined mabuya) or the eastern red-headed skink to distinguish it from its western relative Plestiodon skiltonianus ...
Occurs in southern California and Baja California, Mexico. Great Basin skink, P.s. utahensis (W. Tanner, 1957) Occurs in Utah. Skilton's skink, P.s. skiltonianus Baird & Girard, 1852; The most common is Skilton's skink, which occurs throughout the western United States west of the Rocky Mountains and in southern British Columbia, Canada.