SKINKS OF THE WORLD (Selection)

COMMON NAME	SCIENTIFIC NAME	FAMILY	Distribution
European Snake-eyed Skink	*Ablepharus kitaibelii*	Scincidae	Eastern Europe and Southwestern Asia
Ocellated Skink	Chalcides ocellatus	Scincidae	Greece, Italy, Malta, northern Africa UAE, Israel, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka
African Plated Lizard	*Broadleysaurus major*	Gerrhosauridae	Africa
Schneider's skink or Berber skink	Eumeces schneiderii	Scincidae	Central Asia, Western Asia, and North Africa
Black-tailed Bar-lipped Skink	Glaphyromorphus nigricaudis	Scincidae	NT, Qld (and New Guinea)
Grass Skink or Dark-flecked Garden Sunskink (Rainbow Skink in Hawaii)	Lampropholis delicata	Scincidae	NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, also invasive to LHI, New Zealand and Hawaii
Peters' Banded Skink	Scincopus fasciatus	Scincidae	Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Libya, Sahara
Indonesian Bluetongue	Tiliqua gigas	Scincidae
Common Bluetongue	Tiliqua scincoides	Scincidae	Australia (NSW, ACT, Qld, SA, Vic. NT, WA) Indonesia (Maluku Province: Tanimbar, Babar Islands)
Western Girdled Lizard	*Zonosaurus laticaudatus*	Gerrhosauridae	Madagascar
Madagascan Giant Plated Lizard	*Zonosaurus maximus*	Gerrhosauridae	Madagascar

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