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Skink

Skinks are lizards that constitute the family Scincidae, which is part of the infraorder Scincomorpha. With more than 1,500 described species across 100 different taxonomic genera, the family Scincidae is one of the most diverse families of lizards. Skinks are characterized by their smaller legs in comparison to typical lizards and are found in different…

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Skink

Nodes285
Edges284
Triples123
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007018
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Skink

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related to Sources · 13
Skink → Advanced Vivarium Systems, Blair, Caitlin, Caribbean, Conn, De Vosjoli, ISBN, Mabuyidae, Mabuyinae, Philippe, Prehensile-Tailed Skinks, Squamata, Zootaxa
related to Description · 12
Skink → As, In, Lacertidae, Neoseps, Other, SENI, Several, Skinks, The Scincidae, These, This, Typhlosaurus
related to history · 11
Skink → Albian, Based, Burmese, Cenomanian, Cretaceous, Electroscincus, Miocene, Myanmar, Other, Scincidae, The
related to Breeding · 9
Skink → Although, Clearly, Corucia, Furthermore, In, Many, Scincidae, Tiliqua, Trachylepis
related to Predators · 9
Skink → Anguilla Bank, Invasive, Kalam, Madang Province, New Guinea, Papua New Guinea, Raccoons, Skinks, This
related to Habitat · 8
Skink → As, Florida, Many, More, Most, Skinks, Some, Various
related to Genera · 7
Skink → Chioninia, Eutropis, Mabuya, Many, Plestiodon, Subfamily Acontinae, Trachylepis
related to Diet · 6
Skink → Skinks, Some, Species, Tristiidon, Typical, Various
related to External links · 6
Skink → Australia, InformationSkinks, KingSnake, Scincidae, The Reptile DatabaseSkink Gallery, Wayback Machine
related to Nesting · 6
Skink → If, In, Skinks, The, United States, When

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skinks species lizards genera scincidae family also small typical many predators trachylepis different 100 mabuyinae around various typically known prey

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the red-eyed crocodile skink have a neckinstance ofas some species0.80text
head that is very distinguished from the bodyinstance ofas some species0.80text
garagesinstance ofand ground-level buildings0.80text
first-floor apartmentsinstance ofand ground-level buildings0.80text
the mongooseinstance ofmaking them an easy target to predators0.80text
which often threaten the species to at least near extinctioninstance ofmaking them an easy target to predators0.80text
such as the Anguilla Bank skinkinstance ofmaking them an easy target to predators0.80text
Trachylepisinstance ofmany species being allocated to new genera0.80text
Chioniniainstance ofmany species being allocated to new genera0.80text
and Eutropis.Subfamily Acontinaeinstance ofmany species being allocated to new genera0.80text
Skinkrelated to BehaviorMany0.60section
Skinkrelated to BehaviorThey0.60section

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