| Harrisoniascincus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Harrisoniascincus Wells & Wellington, 1985 |
| Species: | H. zia |
| Binomial name | |
| Harrisoniascincus zia (Ingram & Ehmann, 1981) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Harrisoniascincus zia is also known as the rainforest cool-skink or beech skink. It is monotypic in the genus Harrisoniascincus. It is endemic to Australia. [2]
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.
Saiphos is a monotypic genus of skinks. It contains one species, Saiphos equalis, which is found in Australia. It is also known as the yellow-bellied three-toed skink or three-toed skink.
The Bermuda skink or rock lizard is a critically endangered species and the only endemic land-living vertebrate of Bermuda. It is a relatively small skink : adults reach an average snout-to-vent length of about 8 cm (3.1 in).
The coastal snake-eyed skink or supralittoral shinning-skink is a small skink found in North Queensland, Australia and New Guinea.
The woodbush legless skink is a species of legless skink. It is found in the Wolkberg mountains of Limpopo Province, South Africa. Females of the species give birth to live young. This lizard species was formerly placed in a monotypic genus as Acontophiops lineatus. Morphologically the genus shows similarities to Acontias cregoi and a recent review placed both of these within the genus Acontias, which, as Acontias lineatus was already occupied, required a new name for this species.
Anomalopus mackayi, commonly known as the five-clawed worm skink, long-legged worm skink, and MacKay's burrowing skink, is a species of smooth-scaled burrowing skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to eastern Australia.
The Lord Howe Island skink, Oligosoma lichenigera, is a species of skink in the family Scincidae found on Australia's Norfolk Island and Lord Howe Island.
Leiolopisma mauritiana, Didosaurus maurtianus, is a large, extinct species of skink. It was found only in Mauritius, but became extinct around 1600 probably due to introduced predators.
The Korat supple skink or Koraten writhing skink is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Thailand.
The Seychelles skink is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to the Seychelles.
Carinascincus metallicus, the metallic cool-skink or metallic skink is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. It is endemic to Australia, found in southern Victoria, as well as in Tasmania where it is the most widespread and common lizard, occurring on many offshore islands in Bass Strait as well as the mainland. It gives birth to live young. It is highly variable in colour and pattern, and may be a complex of closely related species.
White's skink is a species of skink in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
The eastern three-lined skink, also known as the bold-striped cool-skink, is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
Carinascincus orocryptus, the heath cool-skink, mountain skink or Tasmanian mountain skink, is a skink endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It is viviparous and mainly found in alpine areas, though occurring down to sea-level in the south-west of the state.
The spotted skink, sometimes called the ocellated cool-skink or ocellated skink, is a skink endemic to Tasmania, Australia. It is a ground-dwelling, viviparous species, usually found in rocky habitats, and widespread in the northern and eastern parts of the state, as well as in the eastern Bass Strait islands. It is often found at Arthurs Lake in the Central Highlands of Tasmania.
Techmarscincus is a genus of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The genus is endemic to Australia, and is monotypic, containing the sole species Techmarscincus jigurru.
Eugongylinae is a subfamily of skinks within the family Scincidae. The genera in this subfamily were previously found to belong the Eugongylus group in the large subfamily Lygosominae.
Slater's desert skink or Centralian Floodplains desert-skink, Slater's egernia, Slater's skink is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is endemic to central Australia.
Bourret's emo skink or Laobao mangrove skink is a species of skink. It is found in Vietnam.
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