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Skinks are very specific in their habitat as some can depend on vegetation while others may depend on land and the soil. [18] As a family, skinks are cosmopolitan; species occur in a variety of habitats worldwide, apart from boreal and polar regions. Various species occur in ecosystems ranging from deserts and mountains to grasslands.
The genus Sphenomorphus – vernacularly also known as the common skinks – currently serves as a "wastebin taxon" for numerous skinks. While most or all species presently placed here are probably rather close relatives, the genus as presently delimited is likely to be not monophyletic and is in need of review. [ 1 ]
The common garden skink (Lampropholis guichenoti) is a small species of lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia . Additional common names for L. guichenoti include grass skink , Guichenot's grass skink , pale-flecked garden sunskink , and penny lizard .
Scincella lateralis, formerly Lygosoma laterale [2] is a small species of skink found throughout much of the eastern half of the United States, and into northern Mexico.The ground skink differs from the majority of North American lizard species in that it is generally considered a forest dweller. [3]
A many-striped skink in Bali, Indonesia. Eutropis multifasciata is a species of skink that often shows prominent coloured dorsal bands. They have a number of other distinctive features that allows this species to be distinguised from other species, particularly in the detail of the arrangement of their scales. Their snout is moderate to obtuse ...
Prasinohaema (Greek: "green blood") is a genus of skinks characterized by having green blood.This condition is caused by an excess buildup of the bile pigment biliverdin. [1] Prasinohaema species have plasma biliverdin concentrations approximately 1.5-30 times greater than fish species with green blood plasma and 40 times greater than humans with green jaundice. [1]
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 ...
A Cape skink in low-level vegetation. T. capensis is a large (sometimes quite fat) skink, with three light stripes running down its back. Its skin is olive-brown to gray, and between the stripes and on its flanks are many small dark spots. The belly is greyish white.