Lined writhing skink

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iLined writhing skink
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Lygosoma
Species: L. lineata
Binomial name
Lygosoma lineata
Gray, 1839

The lined writhing skink (Lygosoma lineata) is a species of writhing skink. It is found between Poona and North Kanara in Bombay district, India.

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  • Gray,J.E. 1839 Catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) 2: 331-337 (287-293)
  • Naik Y M; Vinod K R 1994 Record of a rare skink Lygosoma lineata (Gray, 1839) from Kevadia, Gujarat. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 91 (2): 324-325.