Greek snake skink

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Greek snake skink
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Ophiomorus punctatissimus from the Peloponnese, Greece
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Ophiomorus
Species:
O. punctatissimus
Binomial name
Ophiomorus punctatissimus
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Synonyms
  • Anguis punctatissimus
    Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833
  • Ophiomorus punctatissimus
    Boulenger, 1887 [1]

The Greek snake skink (Ophiomorus punctatissimus) is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. [2]

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Geographic range

The skink can be found in Greece and Turkey. [2]

Habitat

Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and plantations. [2]

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References

  1. The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 3 Lymberakis P, Tok V, Ugurtas I, Sevinç M, Crochet P-A, Kaska Y, Kumlutaş Y, Kaya U, Avci A, Üzüm N, Yeniyurt C, Akarsu F. 2009. Ophiomorus punctatissimus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 13 March 2014.

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