Paracontias tsararano

Paracontias tsararano
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Scinciformata
Infraorder:	Scincomorpha
Family:	Scincidae
Genus:	Paracontias
Species:	P. tsararano
Binomial name
Paracontias tsararano Andreone & Greer, 2002

Paracontias tsararano is a species of skinks. It is endemic to Madagascar. ^[2] The name is believed to have come from the Malagasy word "tsararano", meaning "good water".

Habitat

Paracontias tsararano is native to the Tsararano Forest in North-Eastern Madagascar. ^[3] The skink lives mostly underground in burrows, with its diet consisting mainly of insects, such as flies, crickets and beetles. ^[4] There is an estimated population of 235.

References

1. Vences, M. (2011). "Paracontias tsararano". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011: e.T172811A6922606. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T172811A6922606.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. Paracontias tsararano at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 20 October 2020.
3. "Paracontias tsararano". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
4. "Common Garden Skink - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio". animalia.bio. Retrieved 2025-05-16.