Limbless skink
| Limbless skink | |
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| Ophiomorus punctatissimus from the Peloponnese, Greece | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Scincidae |
| Genus: | Ophiomorus |
| Species: | O. punctatissimus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophiomorus punctatissimus (Bibron & Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1833) | |
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| Synonyms | |
The limbless skink (Ophiomorus punctatissimus) is a species of skink, a lizard in the Scincidae family.[2]
Geographic range
It is found in Greece and Turkey.[2]
Habitat
Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and plantations.[2]
References
- ↑ The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- 1 2 3 Lymberakis P, Tok V, Ugurtas I, Sevinç M, Crochet P-A, Kaska Y, Kumlutaş Y, Kaya U, Avci A, Üzüm N, Yeniyurt C, Akarsu F. 2009. Ophiomorus punctatissimus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 13 March 2014.
Further reading
- Arnold EN, Burton JA. 1978. A Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Britain and Europe. London: Collins. 272 pp. ISBN 0-00-219318-3. (Ophiomorus punctatissimus, p. 181 + Plate 33 + Map 99).
- Bibron G, Bory de Saint-Vincent JB. 1833. "Vertébrés a Sang froid. Reptiles et Poissons". pp. 57–76. In: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire I, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire É. 1833. Expédition scientifique de Morée. Section des Sciences physiques. Tome III.—1.re Partie. Zoologie. Première Section.—Des animaux vertébrés. Paris & Strasbourg: F.G. Levrault. 400 pp. + plates. (Anguis punctatissimus, pp. 71–72 + Plate XI, Figure 5).
- Boulenger GA. 1887. Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ... ,Scincidæ, ... London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Ophiomorus punctatissimus, p. 397).
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