Skinks are lizards belonging to the family Scincidae and the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species, the Scincidae are one of the most diverse families of lizards. Common skinks include many different kinds such as the slender skink, snake-eyed skink and the skinks of the genus Plestiodon are among the common skinks.
Cryptoblepharus is a genus of skinks
Scincella lateralis is a small species of skink found throughout much of the eastern half of the United States, and into northern Mexico.
The coastal snake-eyed skink or supralittoral shinning-skink is a small skink found in North Queensland, Australia and New Guinea.
Cryptoblepharus virgatus, also commonly known as striped snake-eyed skink, cream-striped shinning-skink, wall skink, fence skink or snake-eyed skink is a skink commonly found in southern and eastern Australia. It is an active little lizard, and if threatened will often play dead to confuse the attacker.
Australia’s landmass is 7,617,930 square kilometres. Due to the country's large landmass, many climates are experienced including equatorial, tropical, subtropical, desert, monsoonal, temperate, and alpine. These differing climates influence Australia's snake distribution and abundance, and provide many different and unique habitats for them.
Richard Sternfeld was a German-Jewish herpetologist, who was responsible for describing over forty species of amphibians and reptiles, particularly from Germany's African and Pacific colonies.
Ctenotus strauchii, also known commonly as the eastern barred wedgesnout ctenotus, a small lizard that is found throughout semi arid and arid regions in most of Australia's mainland states except for Western Australia, although one record does occur in WA in 1975.
The Centralian blue-tongued skink or Centralian blue-tongue is a species of skink, occurring predominantly in the far north-west corner of New South Wales, Australia. It is one of six species belonging to the genus Tiliqua; the blue-tongued skinks and the shinglebacks.
The variable fat-tailed gecko or burrow-plug gecko is a Diplodactylid gecko endemic to central and arid inland areas of Australia. Widespread across the continent, the variable fat-tailed is most commonly found in sandy desert habitats dominated by Spinifex grasses. They have also been bred in captivity by zoos and as pets.
Oedura cincta, or inland marbled velvet gecko, is an Australian species of gecko.
The tree-crevice skink or tree skink (Egernia striolata) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae.
The excitable delma is a species of lizard in the Pygopodidae family endemic to Australia. The lizard gets its name from its active and jumpy defense mechanism. It will erratically jump multiple times in succession, each jump pivoting its body in a different direction. The D. tincta is a slender, long legless lizard that through evolution lost its limbs. It is found throughout Australia in a variety of habitats and spends most of its time hiding. Due to its nocturnal nature it is rare to spot in the wild. This legless lizard is small to moderate in size with a tail that is three to four times its body length. The typical size of the excitable delma is 250 - 300 mm. This legless lizard is an insectivore and feeds off insects it finds when travelling through grass, logs, surface soil and loose rocks. Like all pygopodids, the excitable delma is oviparous and only lays two eggs per clutch.
The black snake-eyed skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Comoro Islands.
Swanson's snake-eyed skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.
The dappled snake-eyed skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.
The noble snake-eyed skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.
Juno's snake-eyed skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.
The metallic snake-eyed skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia.
The spangled snake-eyed skink is a species of lizard in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Northern Territory in Australia.
