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Skinks

Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae - 7 genera depicted (out of around 160 genera and 1500 species)

Species on page

+ Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) (formerly Eumeces skiltonianus)
+ White's skink (Liopholis whitii)
+ Striped Tree skink (Apterygodon vittatum)
+ Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)

+ Common bluetongue skink(Tiliqua scincoides)
+ Gravenhorst's Mabuya (Trachylepis gravenhorstii)
+ Kalahari tree skink (Trachylepsis spilogaster)
+ Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)
+ African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)
+ Borneo skink (Dasia vittata)
+ Maasai snake-eyed skink (Panaspis massaiensis)

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Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)

Western skink

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Juvenile western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Jasper Ridge
March 23, 2013

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Western skink

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Juvenile western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Jasper Ridge
March 23, 2013

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Skink

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Older western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus) Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Stanford Dish
April 24, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Handy reptile

skink
Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Jasper Ridge
April 3, 2014

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When skinks approach infinity

Almaden
Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

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Getting a skink a day

Almaden
Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

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Almaden
Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

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Almaden
Western skink (Plestiodon skiltonianus)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Almaden-Quicksilver County Park
Bioblitz
April 11, 2021
Canon 7Dmark2

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White's skink, (Liopholis whitii)

Think skink

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White's skink, (Liopholis whitii)
Tasmania
April 2, 2012

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Skink skinking

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White's skink, (Liopholis whitii)
Tasmania
April 2, 2012

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Predation - reptile style

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Striped Tree Skink (Apterygodon vittatum)
Borneo
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Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)

Big skink

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Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
Western Australia
August 23, 2015
Canon 7Dmark2

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On the attack

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Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
Western Australia
August 23, 2015

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Bleh

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Stump-tailed skink (Tiliqua rugosa)
Western Australia
August 23, 2015

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Common bluetongue skink(Tiliqua scincoides)

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Common bluetongue skink(Tiliqua scincoides)
Kelley Park
May 10, 2019
Canon 7Dmark2

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Skink

skink
Trachylepis gravenhorstii
Madagascar
July, 2013

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Kalahari tree skink (Trachylepsis spilogaster)

Skink

Kalahari tree skink (Trachylepsis spilogaster)
Family: Scincidae
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 12, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)

Skink camouflaged

Ovambo Tree Skink (Trachylepis binotata)
Family: Scincidae
Okaukuejo, Etosha, Namibia
January 10, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2
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African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)

Skink

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African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)
Family: Scincidae
Masai Mara, kenya
July 18, 2008
Canon rebel XSi
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Skink

mara

African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)
Family: Scincidae
Masai Mara, kenya
July 18, 2008
Canon rebel XSi
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African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)

Skinky

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African striped skink (Trachylepis striata)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Lake Manyara, Tanzania
June 23, 2002
Canon PowerShot Pro90 IS

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Borneo skink (Dasia vittata)

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Borneo skink (Dasia vittata)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
Borneo
April 2, 2005
Canon EOS Digital Rebel

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Maasai snake-eyed skink (Panaspis massaiensis)

Golden skink skink

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Maasai snake-eyed skink (Panaspis massaiensis)
Family: Scincidae (skinks)
August 7, 2004
Arusha, Tanzania

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Last modified: April 14, 2021
Created: November 14, 2014 (from gecko.html)
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