| Bedriaga's Skink | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Chalcides |
| Species: | C. bedriagai |
| Binomial name | |
| Chalcides bedriagai Boscá, 1880 |
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The Bedriaga's Skink (Chalcides bedriagai) is a species of skink found on the Iberian Peninsula. It usually lives in sandy areas with sparse vegetation and good ground cover. It can also live in open woodland and burrow into loose soil. Females of the species give birth to live young. It has at least one major subspecies, Chalcides bedriagai pistaciae. They're active during day and dusk, and they are very timid. They reach about 16 cm in length and have five fingers on each leg. They prey on insects, spiders, slugs and woodlice.
Major threats include modification of its habitat and changes in the population of the wild boar. Its population is most likely rapidly declining.