Definitions

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  • proper noun A taxonomic family within the infraorder Scincomorpha — the skinks.

Etymologies

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Scincus +‎ -idae

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Examples

  • Scincidae – Many limbless and nearly-limbless species.

    How to make a snake - The Panda's Thumb 2010

  • More than 100 species of reptile have been recorded, with Gekkonidae (e.g. Diplodactylus), Agamidae (e.g. Ctenophorus), Scincidae (e.g. Ctenotus, Egernia, Lerista and Morethia), and Elapidae (e.g. Simoselaps and Suta) being particularly diverse.

    Great Victoria desert 2008

  • All of New Caledonia's sixty-eight lizards (sixty of which are endemic) are from just three families: geckos (Gekkonidae and Diplodactylidae) and skinks (Scincidae).

    New Caledonia rain forests 2008

  • (Scincidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies, from the Ord-Victoria region of northwestern Australia.

    Victoria Plains tropical savanna 2008

  • A biogeographically significant new species of Leiolopisma (Scincidae) from north-eastern Queensland.

    Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site, Australia 2008

  • The high diversity of environments in Eyre Peninsula is probably the reason for a diverse herpetofauna, particularly the Agamid and Scincidae families (dragon and skink lizards respectively).

    Eyre and York mallee 2007

  • Lizards are abundant and diverse, especially among Scincidae (Ctenotus, Egernia, and Lerista spp.).

    Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee 2007

  • (Scincidae), a new species of lizard with two allopatric subspecies, from the Ord-Victoria region of northwestern Australia.

    Mitchell grass downs 2007

  • Carlia rostralis (Scincidae) in the wet tropics of Queensland, Australia.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • Carlia rostralis (Scincidae) in the wet tropics of Queensland, Australia.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Gaynor Dolman 2008

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