Lygosoma quadrupes

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]

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

Anguis quadrupes Linnaeus, 1766

References

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


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