Seychelles Skink

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Seychelles Skink
Conservation status
Least Concern
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Family: Scincidae Genus: Trachylepis Species: T. seychellensis
Binomial name
Trachylepis seychellensis (Duméril & Bibron, 1839)

The Seychelles Skink (Trachylepis seychellensis) is a species of skink in the Scincidae family. It is found only in Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, plantations , rural gardens, urban areas, heavily degraded former forest, and introduced vegetation.

[edit] Source

• Gerlach, J. & Ineich, I. 2006. Trachylepis seychellensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.