Lygosoma quadrupes

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Lygosoma quadrupes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lygosoma
Species:
L. quadrupes
Binomial name
Lygosoma quadrupes
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Synonyms

Anguis quadrupesLinnaeus, 1766

The short-limbed supple skink or Linnaeus's writhing skink (Lygosoma quadrupes) is a species of skink which is found widely in southern China, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia (Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, West Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Salayar), and the Philippines (Palawan, Calamian Islands)). [1]

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References

  1. Lygosoma quadrupes at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 25 January 2015.