Scincus
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Scincus is a genus of skinks, lizards in the family Scincidae. The genus contains four or five species, all of which are typical desert inhabitants, living in sandy and dune-like areas with a hot and dry climate. Species in the genus Scincus can be found from Arabia to the Sahara desert.
Taxonomy
Scincus is the type genus of the subfamily Scincinae. As the subfamily Scincinae appears to be paraphyletic and is in need of revision, it is as yet undetermined which skink genera are closely enough related to Scincus to be retained in the Scincinae. (Austin & Arnold 2006).
Species
The genus Scincus contains five species which are recognized as being valid.[1]
| Image | Species | Common name |
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| File:Scincus albifasciatus laterimaculatus (cropped).jpg | Scincus albifasciatus
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White-banded sandfish |
| File:Scincus conirostris (cropped).jpg | Scincus conirostris
(Blanford, 1881)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Iranian sandfish |
| Scincus hemprichii
Wiegmann, 1837Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Hemprich's sandfish | |
| File:Eastern sandfish.jpg | Scincus mitranus
Anderson, 1871Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Eastern sandfish |
| File:Scincus scincus, male 02 (cropped).jpg | Scincus scincus
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Common sandfish |
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Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Scincus.
References
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- ↑ "Scincus ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
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Further reading
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>Austin, J.J. & Arnold, E.N. (2006). "Using ancient and recent DNA to explore relationships of extinct and endangered Leiolopisma skinks (Reptilia: Scincidae) in the Mascarene islands". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39 (2): 503–511. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers". (HTML abstract).